Labour slams government over Bolton cladding shambles

Fire rages at the new-build section of The Cube in Bolton

Source: Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Shadow housing minister suggests ministers knew high-pressure laminate material used on student block was unsafe

Labour’s shadow housing minister has called on the government to order the immediate removal of all dangerous types of cladding fitted to buildings across the UK.

Writing to housing secretary Robert Jenrick in the wake of last weekend’s fire at a student accommodation block in Bolton, Susan Jones said it “beggars belief that the government has left eight out of 10 buildings covered in the same deadly cladding”.

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