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, and said his concerns were shared by voters in the election campaign."That came through loud and clear on the doorstep, on the bus, anywhere else, you could hear people chattering about it," he said.

"They do not want to be joined up with the city."No decisions have been made over the future configuration of Nottinghamshire councils, but ministers sayThe city council's leader has previously argued

There has been acknowledgment from government that the local election results were "disappointing", and earlier this week Health Secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC ministers were "reflecting on what the voters told us".Clarke, however, issued a stark warning.

"I think the next general election is up for grabs at the moment, unless they start steering in another way."

The Labour Party was contacted for comment.The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a key body in the UK that was set up 100 years ago to help deliver quality science-led standards for the construction industry. It is the government’s expert adviser.

The BRE was privatised in 1997 - but the inquiry said it then became exposed to “unscrupulous product manufacturers.”The inquiry found there had been “systematic dishonesty” from those who made and sold the cladding.

Arconic, a manufacturer, “deliberately concealed” the true extent of the danger of the cladding used to wrap Grenfell Tower as a rain-proof barrier. Fire tests it commissioned showed the cladding performed poorly but this information was not given to the BBA, a British private certification company tasked with keeping the construction industry up to date.This “caused BBA to make statements that Arconic knew were ‘false and misleading’”, the report said.