Getting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits

By Tom Lowe2022-02-22T07:01:00

Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund

Michael Gove has admitted that getting non-UK based housebuilders and products firms to pay up for the government’s £4bn cladding remediation fund will be “practically difficult”.

The housing secretary said that ministers may not be able to allocate the cost of building safety works to offshore companies “precisely and with total authority”.

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