Article 6QD37 Seven years after Grenfell disaster, thousands live in fear of cladding fire

Seven years after Grenfell disaster, thousands live in fear of cladding fire

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James Tapper and Yusra Abdulahi
from World news | The Guardian on (#6QD37)

As the final report on the fatal London blaze looms, many developers have not begun safety work

Rowan Moore: The Grenfell inquiry is exposing a culture of contempt that has run deep in Britain

Grenfell was an avoidable tragedy, the inquiry's counsel said on the final day of hearings. Yet with the report into the blaze that claimed 72 lives due this week, residents of other tower blocks fear that not enough has been done to prevent another catastrophe.

One of them is Gemma Lindfield. The 45-year-old barrister is still waiting for flammable cladding to be removed from her eight-storey apartment block in east London. It took three years before anyone even realised there was a problem. The following four years have been mired in indecision and wrangling about exactly who will pay to fix it.

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