Nearly half of high-rise buildings fitted with Grenfell cladding still have some in place

By Tom Lowe2020-11-19T06:00:00

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Government data says 17 buildings still have no plan at all to deal with problem

Nearly half of the high-rise buildings in England wrapped with the type of cladding fitted to the Grenfell Tower have still not removed all of it.

According to the housing department’s building safety update for October, 44% of high-rise buildings still have some of the aluminium composite material (ACM) blamed for the Grenfell fire in place.

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