Labour is set to pledge to fix all Grenfell-style cladding on buildings in Government-funded schemes within five years.
The Remediation Acceleration Plan launched by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner will mandate that all buildings over 18 metres tall in Government schemes will have dangerous cladding removed before the end of 2029.Every building over 11 metres tall with unsafe cladding will have been remediated, have a date for completion or landlords will be liable for penalties by the same date.
The group said in a statement: "Labour's Remediation Acceleration Plan is extremely disappointing. These proposals will only make ahorribly complicated process worse with further layers of bureaucracy.
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