£3m to replace Grenfell-style cladding on Newport tower blocks
£3m is to be given to the city of Newport to replace cladding on its tower blocks.
The Welsh Government says Newport City Homes will replace cladding on three tower blocks in the city.
The three residential high-rise buildings are the only ones in the Welsh social housing sector confirmed as having Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) systems corresponding with those which failed large-scale fire tests.
Last year cladding on the three 11-storey tower blocks, in Milton Court, Hillview and Greenwood, was found to be similar to a system that failed a round of fire safety tests following the Grenfell tragedy.