Exclusive: Developers furious at levelling up secretary’s public chivvying over contracts they say they have yet to receive

A row has broken out between Michael Gove and major British housebuilders over the government’s attempts to make developers retrofit buildings with safer materials in the wake of the Grenfell fire.

The levelling up secretary has given developers in England, Scotland and Wales until Monday to sign a new contract to improve their housing stock, warning that those that miss the deadline could be banned from building UK housing.

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