The minister for building safety has called for manufacturers of unsafe cladding to “make a contribution” to help leaseholders affected by the scandal.
Lord Greenhalgh today told the Cladding Remediation committee that firms who had “frankly abused” fire safety testing regimes for their products should stump up cash to make buildings safe. “Frankly a lot of manufacturers have made very healthy profits and frankly they should be making a contribution to what is an enormous cost which at the moment is falling largely on the leaseholder,” he said. “I think it's time for those cladding manufacturers to make their contribution to funding this.” The comments came during a select committee meeting to examine the government's progress in helping
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