Glasgow high-rise residents are being informed whether they are living in buildings clad in the same materials that caused the Grenfell disaster.

The Evening Times reported just over a week ago how it was feared 57 Glasgow high-rises have the same style of “combustible” cladding.

Council leader Susan Aitken said this week that residents in such properties will be told over the weekend and early next week.

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The affected residents are to receive hand-delivered letters, BBC News is reporting today.

Ms Aitken said there is no safety threat and there were no plans in place to release the information on the location of the flats to the wider public.

She responded after the Scottish Government Housing Minister, Kevin Stewart, criticised Glasgow City Council for failing to provide the information asked of it over how many buildings had the same cladding used in Grenfell, aluminium composite cladding.

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Ministers had asked repeatedly for clarity and more information but the council was unable to provide it and officials declined the offer of staffing help form the Government to obtain the information.

MSPs were told the council should be able to provide the “clarity” required on the nature and extent of the cladding on these buildings by the end of this week.

Ms Aitken repeated the Government would have the details by Friday.

The tower block blaze on June 14 in North Kensington killed around 80 people after a fridge-freezer exploded in one of the homes. 

The fast rate at which the fire spread up the building is thought to have been accelerated by the building's exterior cladding.