The Government has proposed new amendments to the Building Safety Bill designed to protect leaseholders and private landlords in residential blocks above 11 meters which, if passed into law, will force property developers and cladding manufacturers/installers to pay for historic cladding problems.

The proposals include enabling courts to stop developers using shell companies that make the developer difficult to trace, enable government to block planning permission and building control sign off on new developments for companies that have not paid to fix cladding defects on existing buildings, leaseholders should not have to "pay a penny" for the removal of cladding.