MANCHESTER residents living in unsafe high rise-buildings are banding together to form a new housing action group called the “Cladiators.”
The move comes nearly two years after the Grenfell Tower disaster exposed the problem of flammable cladding and other fire risks on residential buildings across Britain.
In Manchester, the scandal has seen freeholders battling to get developers to remove dangerous building materials used in the construction of apartments.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD


