The bosses of Britain’s largest housebuilders will maintain talks with the chancellor this week as they face a multibillion pound invoice within the type of a number of new levies.
Sky News has learnt that the executives from firms together with Barratt Developments, Fairview and Persimmon will meet Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday.
The Home Builders Federation (HBF), the main business lobbying group, will even attend the assembly.
Mr Hunt’s discussions with the housebuilding bosses will come simply days after the businesses obtained a ultimate authorized contract from the federal government to oblige them to spend round £2bn to repair hearth security defects on high-rise buildings.
Michael Gove, the levelling-up secretary, has given firms till mid-March to signal the contract or face a ban on commencing new building work.
The assembly with the chancellor will even come simply weeks earlier than the Budget, with the HBF having labelled the autumn assertion in November as “a wasted opportunity”.
In its Budget submission, the HBF referred to as on Mr Hunt to introduce a brand new residence possession scheme concentrating on first-time consumers.
It additionally criticised the proposed £3bn Building Safety Levy, saying it was “concerned about the fairness of the industry being hit with another levy”.
“While the Government has committed to a ‘polluter must pay’ principle, to date no sectors or actors other than UK home builders have made any contribution,” it stated.
“This includes the product manufacturers generally, as well as those described by the Secretary of State as ‘the three cladding and insulation firms most closely associated with the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower’.
“Indeed, it’s only the non-public residence constructing business which has been repeatedly focused for contributions, which probably now complete £5bn value of commitments to buildings they’ve constructed and people developed by overseas builders.”
Tuesday’s assembly shall be Mr Hunt’s first summit with the business since he was appointed to the job final autumn, and takes place at a time when members of Labour’s front-bench workforce are furiously courting enterprise leaders.
Source: information.sky.com”