{"id":120378,"date":"2021-02-14T23:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cladding-costs-must-not-fall-on-taxpayers-letters\/"},"modified":"2021-02-15T00:25:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T17:25:28","slug":"cladding-costs-must-not-fall-on-taxpayers-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cladding-costs-must-not-fall-on-taxpayers-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Cladding costs must not fall on taxpayers | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nReaders on who should pay for repairs to buildings affected by safety failings following the Grenfell disasterRobert Booth\u2019s accurate analysis of the cladding issue (Government vow to fix cladding crisis unlikely to soothe UK residents, 10 February) nevertheless misses the point. It is not the government\u2019s responsibility to fix this problem; it is their responsibility to make sure it\u2019s fixed.Why should the government (ie the taxpayer) have to shell out massive sums of money to bail out the actions of private developers? As it is only the government that has (or can create) the resources to do so, it should instead pay out the sums required to resolve the myriad safety issues, then pursue the developers to get it back. It should be made clear that if the money isn\u2019t rapidly forthcoming, the individuals responsible will be prosecuted. There is no other situation where those responsible for seriously endangering life are allowed to get away with it, so what possible justification can there be in this case?Mike Scott Nottingham Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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