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Cladding crisis: Labour calls for legally binding deadlines for developers to make buildings safe
Damage to a 19-storey tower block in New Providence Wharf, east London
THE government has failed to bring an end to the cladding crisis, Labour charged yesterday, as the party called for ministers to set legally binding deadlines for developers to make buildings safe.
Labour is pushing for an amendment to the Queen’s Speech, which lays out the legislative agenda for the next year, requiring developers to remove combustible cladding from buildings by 2022.
The government should charge developers for the cost and protect leaseholders trapped in dangerous and unsellable flats from having to fork out huge sums for the work, the party said.
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