Phil Spencer says hundreds of thousands of apartment owners face a bleak future including not being able to sell or remortgage their homes.

Consumer, property management, campaigning and freeholder groups all urge Rishi Sunak to release funds to help home owners trapped in unviable ACM-cladded buildings.

Internal comms failures meant couple weren't told about dangerous cladding before they completed on the deal, a Trading Standards investigation found.

Claim is made by Labour Party which says bungling over cladding is forcing surveyors and lenders to under-value some properties within towers over 18m tall.