The long nightmare for residents of tower blocks with Grenfell-style cladding

People in lowrise buildings have waited almost five years for help, writes Andrew Woodcock

The tragedy brought the problem of dangerous cladding into the spotlight (PA)

The Grenfell Tower tragedy of 14 June 2017 turned cladding into a nightmare for thousands of families across the UK.

Millions of people found that they were living in buildings covered in substances now regarded as presenting a massive fire risk.

Aluminium composite material (ACM) panels fitted to the 24-storey block of flats in west London helped flames from a defective fridge spread rapidly up the building’s exterior, leading to an inferno that claimed 72 lives.