Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have widened their
campaign against the marginalisation of council tenants, raising concerns that
others are being treated in the same way as they were before the disaster.
Nicholas Burton, whose wife died as a result of the fire, and Edward Daffarn,
who escaped, are helping residents at nine council-owned tower blocks in
Salford that were refurbished using similar combustible cladding at the same time
as Grenfell. They have heard claims from tenants that their concerns about
safety were not being handled properly. After he visited the Pendleton estate
and spoke to residents, Burton said: “It’s just like turning back the clock.”
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