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3:17 PM April 29, 2021
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3:30 PM April 29, 2021
Alex Dickin and Claire Hamblion of Ipswich Cladiators group, set up to fight cladding scandal
- Credit: Charlotte Bond
Disappointment has turned to anger for Ipswich leaseholders now forced to foot the bill for unsafe cladding surrounding their homes.
The disappointment comes after attempts to amend the Fire Safety Bill by the House of Lords and a group of rebel Conservative MPs – including Ipswich MP Tom Hunt – finally failed on Wednesday night.
The bill was introduced in response to the Grenfell Tower Fire in 2017, which led to the death of 72 people.
Ipswich MP Tom Hunt rebelled against his party on several occasions to protect leaseholders
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Quayside residents in 1am fire alarm terror as elderly struggle to evacuate cladding danger building
Around 150 people had to be evacuated from the St Ann’s Quay building, which has a number of fire safety defects, just after midnight on Saturday
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There was panic on the Newcastle Quayside in the early hours of Saturday morning after a fire alarm at an apartment block embroiled in a cladding scandal.
Quayside residents on how it feels to be trapped in cladding crisis and facing £30,000 repair bills
Approaching four years since the Grenfell Tower disaster, the St Annâs Quay apartment block overlooking the Tyne still features unsafe aluminium composite material
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