The awarding of the Manchester Town Hall refurbishment contract has generated controversy due to the chosen company’s past use of cladding similar to that of Grenfell Tower.

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.