Housebuilders and the government are to jointly produce figures as early as this week on the number of 11-18m homes affected by the fire safety crisis and who built them.

Speaking to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee on Monday, David O’Leary, policy director at the Home Builders Federation, said the industry currently didn’t how many homes were affected by the problem, but that he did not think the bill for the industry would be “close to” the £4bn suggested last month by Michael Gove.

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