Gove threatens housebuilders in row over post-Grenfell safety fittings

Michael Gove this week tweeted: ‘Developers: you have one week to sign the building safety contract … or you will be banned from operating in the housing market.’ Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Michael Gove has threatened major housebuilders in Great Britain with a nationwide ban if they fail to sign up to a building safety contract many have not yet been sent.

The levelling up secretary has given developers in England, Scotland and Wales until Monday to sign a contract to remove and replace dangerous materials in the wake of the Grenfell fire.