McVey Hints At ‘Wriggle Room’ Over Cladding Work

Housing minister Esther McVey has seemingly hinted at ‘wriggle room’ for private sector building owners over ACM cladding replacement – with no blanket definition of what constitutes exceptional circumstances for work not being done to deadline. This comes just a month after the Commons MHCLG committee warned that the £200m currently set aside for the remediation of private sector residential buildings with ACM cladding will not be enough. Responding to a written Commons question, McVey minister said such circumstances would instead be considered on a case by case basis. McVey also ducked behind references to “responsible entities” in responding to other questions raised over remediation. Read more on 24housing.

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