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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 18:15:00

Affected by the fire are expecting action by the government. i really do hope that michael gove forces developers to sign this and this isn tjust kind of empty words, as we ve seen in the past. many building businesses already pay a cladding tax and want the government to do more to address the issue. the housing secretary has clearly said, he told the house of commons select committee last year, that 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, as he put it then. we would argue, and we have argued for the past five years or longer, that product manufacturers also need to pay their fair share and help towards the remediation efforts. richard galpin, bbc news. i m nowjoined by sophie bichener, who is part of the uk cladding action group and has been ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 14:20:00

People who, you know, put up buildings which were unsafe, look, you now have, and as you said you will, have an opportunity to put that right to make them safe and it was collective over many years. it has been a collective failure of government. totally. it was a failure to effectively have a system of building regulations. those who have been directly affected by the fire are expecting action by the government. i really do hope that michael gove forces developers to sign this and this isn tjust kind of empty words as we have seen in the past. many building businesses already pay a cladding tax. they want the government to do more to address the issue. the housing secretary has clearly said, he told the house of commons select committee last year, that the reason he is going after uk house builders is because they are domiciled in the uk, they pay taxes here, and they are easier to engage with, as he put it then. we would argue and we have argued ....

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