London Fire Brigade confirms billion pounds spent on cladding since Grenfell

More than £1bn has been paid out to take dangerous cladding off London's tower blocks in the past six years.

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00:00More than £1 billion has been paid out to take dangerous cladding off London's tower

00:06blocks in the last six years. BBC London reported that 700 blocks taller than 18 metres have

00:15applied for funding from a number of government schemes. So far, the Greater London Authority,

00:21which manages the schemes on behalf of the government, has made 1,200 separate payments.

00:28Of the 500 buildings currently in the scheme, 58% are now either fully remediated or have work

00:35underway. The GLA says it is still getting applications for funding through the three

00:42schemes it administers – the Building Safety Fund, the Social Sector Cladding Remediation Fund

00:47and the Private Sector Cladding Remediation Fund.

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