# UK orders housebuilders to come up with $5 billion plan to remove cladding
Author:  Pal Sinha,Barnali
Author URL: https://economystandard.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali/
Published: 2022-01-10
Category: Business
Category URL: https://economystandard.com/category/business/
Meta Title: Britain gives housebuilders two months to remove hazardous cladding
Meta Description: Discover how Britain is tackling the dangerous cladding problem in residential housing after the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Learn more now!
URL: https://economystandard.com/uk-orders-housebuilders-to-come-up-with-5-billion-plan-to-remove-cladding/

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has given housebuilders around two months to come up with a fully-funded plan to remove dangerous cladding from residential housing, a project that could cost at least 4 billion pounds $5.4 billion).

A deadly 2017 blaze at Grenfell Tower in London, that killed more than 70 people, revealed the widespread use of flammable cladding on apartment blocks across the country, requiring expensive removal or round-the-clock fire watches.

Minister Michael Gove said in a statement on Monday that the industry had until early March to agree a plan to deal with cladding on buildings that are between 11 and 18 metres high.

($1 = 0.7359 pounds)

(Reporting by Kate Holton; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)


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