LEASEHOLDERS in the Paddington Walk development in West London have already paid nearly £3.5m in service charges for the removal of dangerous, flammable Grenfell-style cladding, it emerged yesterday. They have been told by the development’s building management company, Paddington Walk Management, that work cannot begin until it receives all the money to fund the work. Paddington Walk was built in 2005 by European Land and Property, a joint venture development company owned by the billionaire Reuben Brothers and fellow developers the Jarvis family. ‘Each day, firefighters risk, and in some circumstances sacrifice, their lives to save others from danger. Firefighters’ lives are being put at risk every day because of substandard, or even lack of, basic firefighting equipment.