Grenfell campaigners call on Government to commit to cladding deadline

Grenfell campaigners are calling on the Government to commit to a deadline to remove all flammable cladding from homes, three years after the fire killed 72 people.

The Justice4Grenfell group is asking people to write to their MP demanding a time limit and a detailed plan on how and when cladding will be removed.

Last year, then communities secretary James Brokenshire said he expected the removal of all unsafe cladding by this month, but thousands of homes are still covered in aluminium composite material deemed to be dangerous.

The new campaign comes days before the third anniversary of the disaster, and plays on the Government’s coronavirus public messaging campaign, with a graphic that reads “Safe homes. Protect residents. Save lives”.

Sunday June 14 will mark three years since the west London tower block fire, and churches across the city will ring their bells 72 times in remembrance of the victims.> St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Southwark Cathedral will join Grenfell’s parish church, St Clement Notting Dale, at 6pm at the invitation of the Bishop of Kensington, the Rt Rev Graham Tomlin.