Replacing Grenfell-Style Cladding Could Take Another Five Years

Progress to fix apartment blocks clad with dangerous combustible panelling is so slow it will take another five years to complete at current rates, according to government figures. Across England, tens of thousands of people are still living in 354 high-rise residential buildings that require their wall systems to be stripped off in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 72 lives. In January, work began on just one of the affected buildings and over the last two months work is only being completed at the rate of six buildings a month. Read more on the Guardian website.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/07/replacing-grenfell-style-cladding-could-take-another-five-years