Nearly 100 buildings owned or managed by councils and housing associations have failed the latest fire safety tests conducted in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
The independent expert panel on safety put together by the Department for Communities and Local Government recommended in July that a new test should be conducted on high-rise buildings.
Previously, the Government-commissioned Building Research Establishment (BRE) only tested the safety of cladding on buildings.
Now a 'system' test has been conducted to determine whether the cladding, filling and insulation as a whole is safe.
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