Dan Whelan
Despite it pledging an additional £3.5bn to remove dangerous materials from high-rise buildings, the Government’s further measures to resolve the cladding crisis are inadequate, according to commentators.
Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, housing minister Robert Jenrick announced the further funding support to help pay for the remediation of unsafe buildings over 18 metres high, taking the total funding the Government has provided for this cause to £5bn.
Whitehall set aside £1.5bn for the work last year, a figure many said at the time would barely scratch the surface of the problem demonstrated by the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017.