Barnet Council fears new national cladding crisis as it sounds alarm over UVPC on houses
A north London council has sounded the alarm over what it fears could be a fresh national cladding issue after a probe found UVPC on buildings to be hazardous.
Hundreds of Barnet residents face being forced to pay up to £23,000 to replace UPVC cladding, which has been identified as a fire risk, on their ex-council homes.
Barnet Council launched an investigation into the cladding after a serious fire tore through a terrace of houses in Finchley last summer.
The blaze spread rapidly across the terrace of four homes in Moss Hall Grove.
An investigation later found UVPC cladding on the outside of the buildings allowed the fire
