MICHAEL GOVE was warned today that plans to force developers to pay £4 billion to fix dangerous cladding on low-rise flats do not go far enough.

In a letter to the residential property development industry today, the Housing Secretary set a deadline of early March for it to publicly accept the ultimatum and provide a “fully funded plan of action.”

The proposal forces developers to deal with the scandal, which has left leaseholders stuck in unsafe and unsellable homes. It would protect leaseholders in buildings between 11 metres and 18m tall from having to take out loans to cover the costs of remedial work to their cladding.