Leaseholders billed up to £115,000 each to remove Grenfell-style cladding

Flat owners in Manchester block say they face bankruptcy unless government steps in

Leaseholders in a “tinderbox” apartment block in Manchester have been billed up to £115,000 each to remove unsafe cladding in what is believed to be the biggest charge facing residents since the Grenfell disaster.

Owners of flats in Connect House, in the city’s trendy Ancoats district, said they face financial ruin over the £5.2m cost to make the property safe and have called on the government to intervene.

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