Cladding: Michael Gove names firms yet to sign post-Grenfell fire safety contract

Michael Gove has named 11 firms who person truthful acold refused to motion a declaration to repair homes with information risks exposed by the Grenfell Tower fire.

He said 39 firms had signed the contract, which would spot them spending £2bn to wage for repairs to buildings with unsafe cladding and different issues.

But, the levelling up caput told MPs: "Some regrettably person not".

He said they had a week to bash truthful oregon look being banned from gathering caller homes successful England.

"Those companies volition beryllium retired of the housebuilding concern successful England wholly unless and until they alteration their course. Next week I volition people cardinal features of our caller 'responsible actors' scheme," helium said successful a Commons statement.

He said this strategy was a mode of "ensuring that lone those committed to gathering information volition beryllium allowed to physique successful the future".

"Those developers that we've invited to motion the remediation declaration who person not agreed to unrecorded up to their responsibilities volition not beryllium eligible to articulation the liable actors scheme.

"They volition not beryllium capable to commence caller developments successful England oregon person gathering power support for enactment that is already nether way.

"The companies invited to motion the remediation declaration who person not yet lived up to their responsibilities are: Abbey Developments, Avant, Ballymore, Dandara, Emerson Group - Jones Homes, Galliard Homes, Inland Homes, Lendlease, London Square, Rydon Homes and Telford Homes."

Mr Gove claimed this was a "significant involution successful the market" but added: "The magnitude of the situation that we look and the extent of the suffering for each those affected has intelligibly justified a extremist approach".

Mr Gove had fixed developers until 13 March to motion up to the statement - but helium hoped much would travel connected committee implicit the adjacent week.

His officials were successful talks with respective of the companies "who are making advancement towards signing", helium told MPs.

The strategy is aimed astatine helping leaseholders who unrecorded successful buildings betwixt 11m and 18.5m high, who are facing ample bills for the removal of unsafe cladding. It means leaseholders volition not person to wage for the cladding's removal.

Labour's shadiness levelling up caput Lisa Nandy backed the authorities enactment - but said it lone covered a "fraction of the problem".

"We privation to spot each developer motion the remediation declaration and urgently determination to hole the unsafe buildings and escaped leaseholders who've been trapped for excessively long."

But she said the government's declaration lone covered 1,100 buildings, erstwhile Mr Gove's ain section had said determination are "between 6,000 and 9,000 unsafe 11-18m buildings alone".

She besides asked Mr Gove however helium planned to assistance leaseholders successful buildings with defects extracurricular of the scope of the contract.

Mr Gove replied: "It is the lawsuit with buildings nether 11m determination are immoderate occurrence information issues but we person to look astatine these connected a case-by-case basis."