Experts warn government is ignoring combustible cladding problem

By Joey Gardiner2020-02-26T06:00:00

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Analysis by managing agents group finds 1,400 tower blocks clad in dangerous non-ACM material

Anger is growing over the plight of residents in blocks of flats clad with non-ACM combustible material amid claims that up to half a million people could still be affected.

Landlord and estate management groups said the government, which will only subsidise repairs of blocks clad in ACM panels such as those used on Grenfell Tower, had so far ignored the problem.

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