Cladding Crisis Front And Centre Of Election Campaigning

The cladding crisis is front and centre of election campaigning, with the government accused of downplaying risks posed by high-pressure laminate (HPL) panels linked to the blaze that ripped through a student block in Bolton. Former housing minister Kit Malthouse was accused in June of ‘misleading’ MPs over fire-safety tests carried out on HPL prior to June 2017. Answering a written Commons question from Labour’s Steve Reed, Malthouse effectively admitted that MHCLG had been aware of another cladding type that failed a large-scale fire test. Read more on 24housing.

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