royal artillery quays in south london. built by barratt, one of britain s biggest house builders, residents have campaigned for three years to get it fixed. they hope now barratt will sign. we welcome the announcement that builders will be legally liable to pay to fix dangerous defects on buildings. however, we are concerned in the detail of these contracts. there are currently leaseholders in buildings that are below six stories and enfranchised leaseholders excluded. since grenfell, the government have spent millions of pounds repairing the tallest and most at risk buildings. all the time, ministers like mr gove have been trying to get developers to pay their share, but they ve been reluctant to sign legally binding contracts to do so. the reason he s going after uk house builders is because they re domiciled in the uk, they pay taxes here and they re easier to engage with.
biggest house builders, residents have campaigned for three years to get it fixed. they hope now barratt will sign. we welcome the announcement that builders will be legally liable to pay to fix dangerous defects on buildings. however, we are concerned in the detail of these contracts. there are currently leaseholders in buildings that are below six storeys and enfranchised leaseholders excluded. since grenfell, the government have spent millions of pounds repairing the tallest and most at risk buildings. all the time, ministers like mr gove have been trying to get developers to pay their share, but they ve been reluctant to sign legally binding contracts to do so. the reason he s going after uk house builders is because they re domiciled in the uk, they pay taxes here and they re easier to engage with. and we have argued, for the past five years or longer, that product manufacturers also need to pay their fair share.
however, we are concerned in the detail of these contracts. there are currently leaseholders in buildings below six stories and enfranchised leaseholders excluded. since grenfell, the government have spent millions of pounds repairing the tallest and most at risk buildings. all the time, ministers like mr gove have been trying to get developers to pay their share, but they have been reluctant to sign legally binding contracts to do so. the reason he s going after uk house builders is because they are domiciled in the uk, they pay taxes here and they re easier to engage with. we have argued for the past five years or longer, that product manufacturers also need to pay their fair share. that would include the french company which supplied the cladding for grenfell. whoever pays, up toi million people across the country affected
conclusion having been reached at number ten and number conclusion having been reached at numberten and number11, it conclusion having been reached at number ten and number 11, it has consequences for every decision they make, consequences for how the opposition are able to take them on, and more than anything else it has consequences for all of us. maw; consequences for all of us. many thanks, consequences for all of us. many thanks. laura consequences for all of us. many thanks, laura kuenssberg - consequences for all of us. many thanks, laura kuenssberg with i consequences for all of us. many thanks, laura kuenssberg with that analysis at westminster. some of the main measures in today s budget had been announced earlier in the week, including extra money for the nhs, a rise in the national living wage, and public sector pay rises. but there were some other new announcements today. 0n schools, there was a surprise additional £1.8 billion for education recovery in england, althoug
there will be a lot of businesses relieved to hear that. changes in booze duty don t kick in until 2023, but those serving it and drinking it are hoping to pay less as a result. colletta smith, bbc news, manchester. some of the main measures in today s budget had been announced earlier in the week, including extra money for the nhs, a rise in the national living wage and public sector pay rises. but lets take a look at some of the new announcements. 0n schools, there was a surprise additional £1.8 billion for education recovery in england, although that s significantly less than asked for by the government s former education catch up tsar kevan collins. £5 billion was announced for the removal of unsafe cladding for the highest risk buildings following the grenfell tower tragedy. that will be raised through an extra levy on large construction companies. 0n housing more than £11 billion was announced to build up to 180,000 affordable homes, with brownfield sites