Gove unveils plans to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats

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Ministers plan to amend building law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund

The government has unveiled plans to give legal force to its threats to stop developers from building unless they pay up for cladding remediation costs.

It follows a reported letter from the chief executive of housebuilder Persimmon to the Department For Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) calling the sanctions “unlawful”.

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