By Harry Scoffin In what is likely to be James Brokenshire’s final housing questions, the shadow housing secretary used the Communities Secretary’s “swan song session” yesterday to slam the government for being “too slow, too weak” on the leasehold scandal. While welcoming the ongoing Competition and Markets Authority leasehold inquiry, John Healey also took aim […]
Brokenshire tells freeholders to pay up to remove Grenfell cladding. But how can that work?
The government is persisting with its argument that “building owners” must pay up to remove Grenfell cladding from their sites – even though the law has said that they don’t pay, leaseholders do. The statement today from Communities Secretary James Brokenshire says: “Local authorities will get the government’s full backing, including financial support if necessary, […]
