Dame Judith Hackitt, who led a review on building safety after the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, has called on the Government to step up the pace of "remediation and holding those who are responsible to account for doing so".Asked if she would do that with urgency, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told the PA news agency: "I think she's absolutely right to raise the issue of the expediency of remediation, since taking office I think it's far too slow."Ms Rayner said 4,630 buildings have

Dame Judith Hackitt, who led a review on building safety after the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, has called on the Government to step up the pace of "remediation and holding those who are responsible to account for doing so".Asked if she would do that with urgency, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told the PA news agency: "I think she's absolutely right to raise the issue of the expediency of remediation, since taking office I think it's far too slow."Ms Rayner said 4,630 buildings have been identified with flammable cladding, and remediation has started on more than 50% of them."But that's nowhere near enough seven years on from Grenfell", she said."We've already taken action to ensure that those that own the buildings, that have legal responsibility for them, step forward and do that work", she added.She said she is meeting with the Health and Safety Executive and the building safety regulators.