Taylor Wimpey, Berkeley sign UK cladding pledge

Earlier, Persimmon also said it had signed the pledge, and stuck to its £75m estimate for the cost of carrying out the work.

Taylor Wimpey said it expects additional commitments to result in a further provision of around £80m, taking the total provided for fire safety remediation works to around £245m.

"We will continue to work with building owners, management companies and leaseholders and remain committed to resolving these issues as soon as possible for our customers. We will maintain a constructive dialogue with Government aimed at achieving a satisfactory resolution to remaining fire safety issues," it said.

"We continue to believe this is an industry-wide issue involving many types of organisations and therefore needs an industry-wide solution."