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An expert fire engineer has called for urgent changes to official guidance on fire safety, as she disputed the government’s claim that flammable cladding is banned. Sharelines Grenfell Inquiry hears ...

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More and more high rise buildings in the United Kingdom have been found to contain flammable cladding in the wake of the Grenfell disaster. Flammable cladding has been found on 75 high-rise buildings ...