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Manchester residents hit with cladding bill

RESIDENTS at a block of flats in Manchester are facing bills of tens of thousands of pounds to replace cladding, the Morning Star understands.

Leaseholder Lucy Ireland, 28, says she is living in fear about the fire safety of her housing block after authorities told her it was unsafe.

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