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Cladding-row firm wins Manchester town hall contract worth millions
Manchester town hall
[Christopher Czermak/Creative Commons]
LENDLEASE won a multimillion-pound contract today to renovate Manchester Town Hall, despite being mired in a row over dangerous cladding.
Residents at two unsafe apartment blocks built by Australian construction giant in the city are furious that the company has won more work from the authorities.
Lendlease is refusing to pay for emergency repairs to Vallea Court and Cypress Place after inspectors had found Grenfell-type flammable cladding.
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