Prison threat to landlords over cladding

ROGUE landlords could face jail if they fail to remove dangerous cladding, a minister has warned.

- Steph Spyro

There could be up to 7,000 buildings yet to be identified that have unsafe materials while work on others has been slow.

Building safety minister Alex Norris said: "I would want people who own buildings, who have not been remediating them, to know we are on them, we are after them, and we want those buildings remediated.

And if they don't, they will feel the force of the law.

"We have a range of powers already, ranging from fines to prison sentences, that can be used in health and safety cases.

Underwhelming

"We will use that basket of tools with each building to get it resolved.