After attempts to amend the Fire Safety Bill failed, angry leaseholders expressed their concern once again.
Boris Johnson faced a major Tory rebellion over the bill, but a final push in the House of Lords to amend it with protections for leaseholders was defeated on Wednesday night.
Cladding being removed from Hanover tower block in Sheffield (Danny Lawson/PA)
Stephen Squires, a leaseholder who lives in a tower block in Manchester – which was found to bear dangerous cladding, told the PA news agency the stress “is constantly praying on your mind”.
He cited “the delays in getting the funding agreements signed” by the agent of their freeholder as one of the major contributing factors.