The government will provide a further £3.5bn to "end the cladding scandal in a way that is fair and generous to leaseholders" in the wake of Grenfell Tower fire, the housing secretary has announced.
Robert Jenrick told MPs on Wednesday that ministers aimed to "finish the job we've started" on removing and replacing unsafe cladding from residential buildings following the 2017 tragedy.
In a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Jenrick revealed the government would make further funding available to pay for the removal and replacement for all leaseholders in high-rise residential buildings of 18 metres and higher - or above six storeys - in England.
"Leaseholders in high-rise residential buildings will face no cost for cladding remediation work," he promised.
The housing secretary also set out details of a long-term scheme for financial support on cladding remediation on buildings between four and six storeys.
"Under a long-term, low interest scheme, no leaseholder will ever pay more than £50 per month towards the removal of unsafe cladding - many far less," he added.
Mr Jenrick told MPs that the government had now committed more than £5bn to removing unsafe cladding following the Grenfell tragedy, in which 72 people died.
He said that many leaseholders had, through "no fault of their own", found themselves "caught in an absolutely invidious situation".
