Seven years after Grenfell disaster it is shameful thousands are still living in fire risk homes

It is shameful that more than seven years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy, in excess of 110,000 people still live in buildings with unsafe cladding.

It is also deeply disturbing that the ­authorities are still identifying more properties that pose a potential fire risk.

Slow progress in removing the cladding damns the previous government. This work should have begun immediately after the Grenfell disaster in 2017. When people are living in possible death traps, any delay is completely unacceptable.

Before the fire, complacent Conservatives ignored warnings about the dangers of ­cladding and axed health and safety rules that could have protected residents.

Yet again, it falls to Labour to make amends for the failings of their Tory predecessors. Keir Starmer has pledged to speed up the process of removing unsafe cladding. He must make sure the work begins immediately.

READ MORE: 'We're scared a fire will break out and we'll be next Grenfell,' say cladding crisis victims

Have the talk

Each year hundreds of people die while waiting for an organ transplant. The vital need for more donors drove the Mirror’s Change the Law for Life campaign. Due to our campaigning, people are now presumed to be donors unless they opt out.

While this has helped save hundreds of lives, there has been a worrying drop in organ ­donation consent rates in the past three years.

Under the new legislation bereaved families quite rightly still have the final say.

However the NHS Blood and Transplant service found relatives are declining ­transplants as they fear it will take too long or they are unsure their loved one had agreed.

By donating an organ you can give the most precious gift of all, the gift of life. But it’s vital you tell those closest to you of your wishes.

Snick of time

Marathon bars are making a comeback.

The chocolate bar was renamed Snickers in 1990 but the original name was always going to survive in the long run.

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