More than 50 tower-block owners are still refusing to
remove dangerous Grenfell-style cladding, Theresa May has admitted – seven
months after the government vowed to act. The prime minister was accused of
overseeing a “stench of complacency”, putting lives in jeopardy, 19 months
after the catastrophic fire in the London high-rise that claimed 72 lives. Last
June, Ms May first threatened to force private owners of blocks to pay up for
the work and her then-local government minister vowed that a solution would be
“put in place swiftly”. Facing fierce questioning in the Commons, she insisted
cladding had, or would be, removed at more than 200 buildings, but added:
“There are 56 owners that are refusing to remediate.” Read more on the
Independent website.
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