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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Richard Wheeler

Minister: Far too many buildings remain unsafe after Grenfell Tower tragedy

The Grenfell Memorial Wall in west London (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

A housing minister has warned “far too many” buildings remain unsafe, with work to remove dangerous cladding yet to begin at almost 50% of monitored properties.

Lord Khan of Burnley said there is a need to “go further, faster” as he told peers that remediation work has not started at 2,415 residential buildings 11 metres and over in height in England.

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