95 buildings fail safety tests after London fire, says PM

95 buildings fail safety tests after London fire, says PM

Theresa May says there is a need for a major national investigation into why inferior cladding was fitted on buildings across the country over a number of decades.

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LONDON:
Ninety-five buildings have failed safety tests introduced after at least 79 people were killed in a fire that ravaged a tower block in west London earlier this month, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday.

“Right now, we are at a position where 95 buildings in 32 local authority areas have now failed the tests and that remains a 100% failure rate,” the spokesman told reporters.

“The prime minister said there would need to be a major national investigation into what had gone wrong when cladding which is failing the tests had been fitted on buildings across the country over a number of decades.”

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