Government dismisses call to expand £1.6bn cladding fund

By Joey Gardiner2020-09-04T09:30:00

Housing ministry says building owners should meet costs of repairing unsafe high-rises

The government has rejected calls by a committee of MPs to expand its £1.6bn building safety fund to cover the remediation of high-rise blocks with unsafe cladding.

In June, the housing, communities and local government select committee said the fund fell “far short of what is needed” to make buildings with unsafe cladding safe.

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