Cladding Culprits Are Getting £450m From The Taxpayer

The government has failed to recover a penny of the £450m it is giving landlords to fix unsafe cladding – despite promising to get tough with those responsible for installing the highly dangerous material. Last year, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people, ministers began “naming and shaming” those who still hadn’t removed the flammable coverings on hundreds of high-rise buildings. The government department in charge of housing approved nearly £450m of handouts to those same landlords to speed the work along – but there were strings attached. Read more on the Huffpost website.

Cladding Culprits Are Getting £450m From The Taxpayer. They Haven't Repaid A Penny | HuffPost UK (huffingtonpost.co.uk)