MPs vote for taskforce to tackle cladding crisis as Manchester's Lucy Powell calls it 'a national scandal'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxHundreds of MPs have voted for a demand that the government set up a national taskforce to tackle the cladding crisis.Millions of people around the country are living in buildings deemed 'dangerous' due to cladding or other features reassessed in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.The blaze in 2017 left 72 people dead.MP Lucy Powell was among those to speak in Parliament tonight about the nightmare thousands of leaseholders have been through trying to get their homes made safe."Manchester Central has one of the highest number of private blocks now deemed to be dangerous," she said."I want to thank the Manchester Cladiators, a fantastic committed group of residents who've been working tirelessly to raise the issues locally.
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