What do those affected think?
The amendment is supported by local campaign group Ipswich Cladiators – made up of more than 1,600 local people affected by the crisis – who said they were disappointed it did not go to a vote. Mr Dickin said he believes people like him have been left in limbo
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Alex Dickin, a member of the group, said: It wasn t the news we were expecting, being left in a sort of stalemate. While amendment four was a positive step, the McPartland amendment firstly goes further, but also has cross-party support and we feel it had more of a promising chance.
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“The addition of fire marshals walking down the hallways every 15 minutes is intrusive and distressing.”
Block Management UK Ltd, managing agent for Cardinal Lofts where Alex’s flat is located, previously said it sympathised with leaseholders for having to pay for repairs and the fire marshals, known as a ‘waking watch’.
The owner applied to the Government s building safety fund, open to blocks with both Grenfell-style (ACM) and non-ACM cladding since March 2020.
But in the meantime, flat owners face a £300,000-a-year-bill.
The upper floors of Cardinal Lofts in Ipswich were found to have combustible material by fire experts last October