The British government has been accused of trying to cover up a “national scandal” by telling local councils it was "appropriate" to block the release of information about high-rise buildings that have potentially lethal aluminium cladding.
Aluminium composite cladding (ACM), which was implicated in the catastrophic Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in June 2017, was banned the following year.
But the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has told local authorities they can block Freedom of Information (FOI) requests that may identify high-rise buildings with aluminium cladding.
