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Tower blocks 'fail fire-risk tests'

The Prime Minister has told MPs that tests carried out since the Grenfell Tower fire have shown that cladding on several other high-rise buildings is combustible.
Susan Hulme reports on Theresa May's statement to the Commons on the response to the blaze that engulfed the tower block in west London claiming the lives of at least 79 people.
There is a longer report and more news from Parliament, including the Queen's Speech debate, in Today in Parliament at 23.30 on Radio 4.

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