RIBA president Simon Allford has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the government’s plan to make industry pay for the cladding scandal.

Allford questioned whether the measures announced by housing secretary Michael Gove would raise enough money to fix the hundreds of buildings in need of remediation.

He also warned that they could make insurance even harder to come by. The sector has been hit by spiralling professional indemnity insurance hikes since the Grenfell fire in 2017, with many policies containing significant exclusions around fire safety.

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