A Cabinet minister has said he would not feel safe if his children were sleeping in a 1970s tower block as he suggested thousands of buildings could be overhauled of even knocked down.

Sajid Javid, the communities and local government secretary, has announced an emergency review into the safety of 4,000 tower blocks and said there can be "no short cuts" in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

He was asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Would you sleep easily tonight if you lived in the sort of Grenfell Tower building that exists all over the country. Would you put your children to bed thinking I wonder if they will be safe tonight?"

Mr Javid replied: "I think any human being would be worried. From the moment they heard about that fire, waking up that morning, they would be immediately worried about their families."