Housing secretary may also push developers to pay for repairs in signs of a renewed push to fix problem

Michael Gove is exploring how to cut soaring insurance premiums for homeowners hit by the building safety crisis and ramp up pressure on developers to pay for repairs, in the first signs of a new government push to tackle the widening scandal.

Boris Johnson has tasked his new secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities with resolving the post-Grenfell crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of leaseholders in affected flats facing bills for tens of thousands of pounds.

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