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In a question to the Prime Minister today, Labour MP and shadow housing minister Sarah Jones said there was a “stench of complacency” about the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire.
Jones pointed out that 19 months after the fire, 85% of towers across the country are still clad in flammable material and many council buildings do not have sprinklers.
There is a “stench of complacency” about government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire, says Labour’s Sarah Jones, raising concerns over delays in removing flammable cladding and installing sprinklers in tower blocks#PMQs updates: https://t.co/jdD2zc2vQe @LabourSJ pic.twitter.com/h1PL74TUGu
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 23, 2019
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