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MPs blast government for inaction as flats remain covered in dangerous cladding

By 2020-09-16T06:00:00

Meg Hillier

Public Accounts Committee says housing ministry must get a grip on delays in removing flammable material

An influential committee of MPs has lambasted the government for “badly missing” its own target on removing dangerous cladding from high-rise housing blocks.

The committee said tens of thousands of residents were still living in fear three years after the Grenfell Tower blaze that took 72 lives and exposed the risk of flammable cladding.

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