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Workmen remove the cladding from the facade of a block of flats in Paddington, north London
THE government was accused today of doing the “bare minimum” to help leaseholders whose homes are covered in flammable cladding and riddled with fire safety defects.
John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, condemned the Tory government for its proposal to only pay for the removal of cladding from buildings over 18 metres high.
The Fire Safety Bill returned to the Commons today. It was proposed in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 that killed 72 people.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
