Toughen up

It will be five years next month since 72 people died in the unforgivable inferno that was Grenfell. We know it should never have happened. We know cladding was to blame.

And we know there have been almighty rows ever since over who should pay for its removal from other buildings.

We will always keep in our hearts the lives lost at Grenfell. And we must keep in our minds the livelihoods lost by those saddled with cladding bills they can’t afford.

Yet despite all Michael Gove’s tough talk about making developers foot the bill, today we reveal how builders LendLease enjoy multi-billionpound public contracts without signing up to his cladding restoration scheme.

The solution is simple, Mr Gove. You must tell LendLease that the consequences for no fire safety work is no building work at public expense.