Hundreds of people across Greater Manchester are stuck in unsafe buildings covered in the same style of cladding used on

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Just over a year on from the Grenfell tragedy in London, two tower blocks in Manchester’s Green Quarter are faced with the daily stress of knowing that they are living in a building which was built using the same highly flammable cladding that contributed to the disaster; and that they face a bill of upwards of £3 million to remove and replace it

Residents of two apartment blocks in Manchester’s Green Quarter are facing an estimated £3million bill to replace Grenfell-style cladding – a figure they have been told could substantially increase if the insulation material is also found to be flammable.

Last Monday night at roughly 10:30pm, a small blaze broke out at the Unite Students Parkway Gate accommodation complex.

Greater Manchester has set out plans to develop a world class approach to fire safety, after the June tragedy at Grenfell Tower caused nationwide concern about the safety of high rise buildings.

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The cladding on 181 of high rise buildings have failed such assessments so far – and 20 of these cases have been found to be in Manchester.