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Could Grenfell happen again?

Grenfell Tower-style flammable cladding is still in place on more than 300 of England’s high-rise buildings, according to latest figures released as the nation marks the two-year anniversary of the disaster. Following the Grenfell blaze, which resulted in the deaths of 72 people, the Government ordered councils to identify all private residential tower blocks with aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding, reports the BBC. Yet despite repeated calls for action by campaign groups, just 105 of 433 such buildings in England had been stripped of ACM as of the end of May. Of the buildings still covered in the highly flammable cladding, 163 are privately owned, adds HuffPost. The release of the data by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government comes weeks after the Government pledged £200m to remove ACM from privately owned blocks, following a stand-off with landlords over who should pay for the work. Meanwhile, Grenfell survivors and victims\' relatives have marked t

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