Nearly half of the high-rise buildings in England wrapped with the type of cladding fitted to the Grenfell Tower have still not had all of it removed.

According to the housing ministry’s (MHCLG) building safety update for October, 44% of high-rise buildings, or 203 buildings, still have some of the aluminium composite material (ACM) blamed for the Grenfell fire in place.

More than three years after the disaster at the west London tower block, there are still 17 high-rise buildings in England which have no plan in place to remove their ACM cladding – a number which remains unchanged since the last update in September.

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