The chair of the levelling up and housing select committee has said an inquiry into Michael Gove’s plan to force housebuilders to pay £4bn in cladding repair costs will consider whether others should also be asked to pay up.

Clive Betts told Housing Today that “there is a view” that the responsibility for paying for fire safety repairs should be widened, and that the inquiry, announced earlier this week, into the housing secretary’s plan will consider this issue, among others.

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