Feryal Clark MP urges the Government to support amendments to the Fire Safety Bill, as new analysis shows thousands of people in Enfield living with Grenfell-style cladding

Almost four years after the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, around 696 people in Enfield are still living in flats with flammable cladding.  Dangerous cladding renders flats unsellable, leaving many families affected unable to sell their homes and enduring months of lockdown in unsafe homes.

Feryal Clark, MP for Enfield, is calling on the Government to remove the dangerous cladding by paying for it up-front, and protecting leaseholders and taxpayers from the cost through legal action against those responsible for the cladding crisis.

Labour has tabled an amendment to the Fire Safety Bill that would ensure that the cost of fire safety problems from refurbishment jobs, like the cladding on the Grenfell tower, cannot be passed on to leaseholders.  MPs will be given the opportunity to vote for these amendments in the House of Commons, with Feryal Clark MP pledging to vote to protect leaseholders.

Feryal Clark, MP for Enfield, said:

“Since the tragedy that occurred at Grenfell almost four years ago, the Government’s handling of the cladding crisis has lacked urgency with few buildings in Enfield having had their dangerous cladding fixed.  It is disgraceful that hundreds of families are now enduring a third lockdown in unsafe homes.

“Despite repeated promises from Ministers that cladding remediation costs would not be passed onto leaseholders, the Government are failing to deliver on this and I am hearing extremely worrying stories from constituents who are being asked to pay thousands of pounds in repair bills that they cannot afford.

“Inaction has gone on for too long.  Every day that passes puts thousands of people at risk in Enfield.  We need to ensure everyone has a safe and secure place to live, and that those responsible are made to pay the costs.”