Urban Splash fights government £48m building safety fund claim

By Tom Lowe2026-05-01T11:32:00

Public money used to fix fire safety issues on seven buildings in Manchester

Urban Splash has been taken to court by the government in an effort to recover almost £50m in public money spent on building safety works in Manchester.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is claiming that the developer wrongly used money from the government’s Building Safety Fund to remediate seven buildings found to contain fire risks.

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