Cabinet tussle over £10bn pot for cladding victims

Pressure is mounting on the Chancellor to sanction a £10billion rescue package for families hit by the building safety scandal. Rishi Sunak is being pressed by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to come up with a multi-billion-pound deal to repair homes with dangerous cladding.  Ministers are considering imposing a levy on construction firms to make them atone … Read more

Cabinet tussle over £10bn pot for cladding victims

Pressure is mounting on the Chancellor to sanction a £10billion rescue package for families hit by the building safety scandal. Rishi Sunak is being pressed by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to come up with a multi-billion-pound deal to repair homes with dangerous cladding.  Ministers are considering imposing a levy on construction firms to make them atone … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: The tussle for Texas is as tight as bark on a tree 

Highland Park is a rich man’s playground where the money runs so thick through the streets it practically bubbles out of the potholes. Row after row of chocolate box houses are dutifully patrolled by members of the town’s very own public safety officers. Out in front, every drive is immaculately manicured, while freshly minted Ferraris … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: The tussle for Texas is as tight as bark on a tree 

Highland Park is a rich man’s playground where the money runs so thick through the streets it practically bubbles out of the potholes. Row after row of chocolate box houses are dutifully patrolled by members of the town’s very own public safety officers. Out in front, every drive is immaculately manicured, while freshly minted Ferraris … Read more