‘Too many unknowns’ to pay up, products group tells Gove

By Tom Lowe2022-04-13T17:06:00

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Industry body queries firms’ ‘connectivity’ to at-risk buildings in wake of housing secretary’s anger at sector’s response to cladding pledge

The Construction Products Association (CPA) has hit back at Michael Gove who this morning accused materials manufacturers of using the scale of the cladding crisis as an “excuse to do nothing”.

The industry body said it had worked with a “sincere desire” to answer the housing secretary’s request for contributions towards a £4bn cladding fund but has been unable to do so because there are still too many “unknowns” about the level of funding required.

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