The Building Safety Bill, which runs to a formidable 208 pages, arrived yesterday and is being talked about by ministers as a landmark piece of legislation.

The government says the complex bill will “create lasting generational change” to the way residential buildings are constructed and maintained.

Proposals include a new building safety regulator with the power to remove products from the market, a requirement for developers to remain members of a New Homes Ombudsman Scheme, a retrospective right for leaseholders to sue developers for up to 15 years after a home is completed, and a legal requirement for building owners to explore alternatives to passing remediation costs on to leaseholders.

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