Minister announces funding to help end ‘cladding scandal’

The government is to provide a further £3.5 billion to help end the "cladding scandal" in England, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced. In a Commons statement, Mr Jenrick told MPs that it would mean leaseholders in high-rise blocks would face no costs for cladding remediation work. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn