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Grenfell Tower cladding is banned in the UK, Chancellor says

Chancellor Philip Hammond has said that the controversial non fire-resistant cladding fitted to Grenfell Tower is in fact banned in the UK.

In the days after the tragedy occurred, attention has focused on the the panels that were fitted to the outside of the tower last year that have been labelled flammable by German and US authorities and banned from use on high rise buildings. Asked about this by the BBC’s Andrew Marr, the Chancellor said: “My understanding is the cladding in question, this flammable cladding which is banned in Europe and the US, is also banned here. “So there are two separate questions. One, are our regulations correct; do they permit the right kind of materials and ban the wrong kind of materials? The second question is were they correctly complied with? “That will be a subject that the inquiry will look at. It will also be a subject that the criminal investigation will be looking at.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7795696.html

However, this is denied:

But John Cowley, managing director of CEP Architectural Facades, which produced rainscreen panels and windows for Grenfell Tower's cladding sub-contractor Harley Facades Ltd, said: "Reynobond PE is not banned in the UK. "Current building regulations allow its use in both low-rise and high-rise structures.

http://news.sky.com/story/grenfell-t...-says-10919319