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Theresa May will chair another meeting of the Grenfell Tower Recovery Taskforce today as the results of further safety checks on high rises are expected to be announced.

The meeting comes amid reports the Government faces a £600 million bill for replacing flammable cladding on hundreds of housing blocks.

Some 60 tower blocks have already been identified as having flammable cladding - every one tested so far.

According to the Telegraph, the cost of replacing the cladding on each of the 600 blocks thought to have cladding similar to Grenfell Tower could top £1 million each.

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Concerns over fire safety triggered the mass evacuation of a north London estate on Friday, forcing thousands of residents from their homes.

The occupants of 600 flats on the Chalcots Estate were being moved into temporary accommodation, with officials warning they may not be able to return for up to a month while remedial work is carried out.

Camden Council said concerns over cladding on the buildings had led to further fire safety issues being identified in the blocks and the evacuation was ordered following consultation with fire officers.

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On Sunday the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said Doncaster, Norwich, Stockton-on-Tees and Sunderland had buildings that failed tests, while Manchester, Plymouth and Portsmouth had already been named.

Islington, Lambeth and Wandsworth joined Barnet, Brent, Camden and Hounslow on the growing list of London boroughs, while 11 other areas are yet to be named.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell caused controversy on Sunday when he said the victims of the Grenfell disaster in west London had been "murdered by political decisions".

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The June 14 tragedy left 79 people dead or missing presumed dead and many injured.

Hundreds more have been displaced and the Government and Kensington and Chelsea Council have come under fierce criticism over their response.

Speaking at the Glastonbury music festival, Mr McDonnell said: "Is democracy working? It didn't work if you were a family living on the 20th floor of Grenfell Tower.

"Those families, those individuals - 79 so far and there will be more - were murdered by political decisions that were taken over recent decades.

"The decision not to build homes and to view housing as only for financial speculation rather than for meeting a basic human need made by politicians over decades murdered those families.