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Most Grenfell cladding still in place nearly two years on

ALMOST all blocks identified as having Grenfell-style cladding are still coated in the same combustible material nearly two years on from the tragedy that left 72 dead.

Eight out of 10 blocks found to be covered with cladding, known as flammable aluminium composite material (ACM), still have it in place, according to the government’s own data.

The figures, highlighted by Labour yesterday, represents 354 of the 433 tower blocks found to have been built with the dangerous material.

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