Communities secretary Robert Jenrick has joined with city mayors to make a pledge to carry out work to replace dangerous cladding on tower blocks following a “significant slowdown” in activity due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Jenrick has signed a pledge alongside the mayors of London, Sheffield, the West Midlands and Manchester to “continue to do all we can […] to ensure that ensure necessary building safety improvements can continue”.

The government has said since lockdown was announced that construction sites should remain open where social distancing can be ensured, and specifically that work to remediate blocks with unsafe cladding is considered “critical to public safety” and should continue.

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