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The Government has announced £3.5 billion additional funding to go towards the removal of unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings. Credit:PA The Mayor of London has said it is “shameful” that some people will still have to pay to have unsafe cladding removed from their buildings following the Government’s announcement of additional funding. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick today announced £3.5 billion of additional funding to remove cladding from buildings over 18 metres tall but said that those who wished to remove cladding from smaller buildings would have access to loans and would pay back no more than £50 a month. Sadiq Khan said: “It is shameful for Ministers to tell some leaseholders that they will have to pay to fix building safety problems they played no part in causing.”
Grenfell fire tragedy casting a long, expensive shadow
Updated / Thursday, 28 Jan 2021
20:27
London Correspondent
The Grenfell Tower fire in London claimed the lives of 72 people in June, 2017. But the longer term fallout from the fire safety issues raised by the tragedy is blighting the lives of up to four million people in Britain.
Not only are they living in buildings with fire safety risks, but they are finding themselves saddled with large bills to pay for fixing problems of external cladding, insulation, firebreaks, alarms and sprinkler systems, as well as rapidly rising insurance bills.
Increasingly, they find themselves unable to sell their properties, as banks and other mortgage companies will not finance apartment sales without hard-to-get proof of fire safety compliance.