Extra £3.5bn promised to tackle unsafe cladding - but some residents are still left in the dark

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Millennium Tower and Point in Salford have been left with the prospect of huge bills for fire-safety repairs after 2017’s Grenfell disaster but are unsure if they will be eligible for funding.

While the cladding has been deemed safe, an investigation into the cladding system on the buildings found that the there was a compartmentation issue which has been described as a problem to do with the “standard of workmanship” in the building that has left the building unsafe and in need of repair.Madalin Borcanea lives in Millennium Point with his wife Anca and newborn Mara and they are part of the group of leaseholders who the ‘eye-watering’ bill could land on.He has welcomed the new funding but is still unsure about what it means for him and his.