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Society ‘devaluing’ elderly and disabled people as social care delays rise

Around 600 people every day are joining growing waiting lists to be assessed for social care and support in England, figures from councils suggest. Unprecedented numbers of people needing help at home, hospital patients and unpaid carers are waiting ...

04 Aug 2022 at 11:01

We would starve to death if campaigners wrote safety laws, Grenfell inquiry told

We would all “starve to death” if writing regulations was left to someone who had safety as an “absolute priority”, a senior civil servant has told the Grenfell inquiry. Brian Martin, who had been in charge of building regulations for fire safety ...

22 Mar 2022 at 18:25

Host ’embarrassed’ as UK refugee scheme rejects teenage Ukrainian musician

A UK music teacher who has made arrangements to host an “extremely talented” young Ukrainian musician said she is “embarrassed” after being told she is ineligible for the Homes for Ukraine scheme. Deanne Campbell, 52, from Stocklinch in Somerset ...

26 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Personal Finance

‘Leaseholders should not pay a penny to rectify faults not of their doing’

Leaseholders should not pay a penny to put right faults that are not of their doing in order to make their homes safe, MPs have said in a report into building safety remediation. The cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Tories accused of costing English regions £1bn with ‘broken’ levelling-up pledge

The Conservatives have been accused of breaking a levelling-up manifesto promise, costing English regions more than £1 billion by 2025. Labour claims that the North, West Midlands and the South West of England are being worst hit by what ...

11 May 2022 at 23:55

Safe housing ‘too often out of reach’ for private renters, MPs warn

Safe housing is “too often out of reach” for private renters, who face a “complex and costly” redress system that is unfit for purpose, MPs have warned. Local authorities are constrained by a lack of support from central government, ...

13 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Specific cladding used on Grenfell Tower banned on all new buildings in England

The specific kind of cladding used on Grenfell Tower, which allowed the deadly blaze to spread rapidly, has been banned from use five years after the tragedy, the Government has announced. Fire safety guidance published on ...

02 Jun 2022 at 00:24

City

Crest Nicholson facing extra cladding bill up to £120m after fire safety pledge

Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has revealed another hit of up to £120 million after pledging to carry out further fire safety works on tall buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The group said it is signing ...

05 Apr 2022 at 09:25

£1.5bn levelling up pot to ‘breathe fresh life’ into disadvantaged areas

The Government has announced new plans to “breathe fresh life into disadvantaged communities” across England as part of its long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper. Wolverhampton and Sheffield will be the first of 20 ...

30 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Regeneration ‘levelling up’ funding is ‘very small beer’ – Labour

Regeneration funding across England, announced as part of the Government’s long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper, is “very small beer”, Labour MP Lisa Nandy has argued. The shadow levelling up secretary said the ...

30 Jan 2022 at 14:25

Buy-to-let landlords facing cladding bills ‘makes no sense’, ministers warned

Landlords have warned the Government that getting buy-to-let landlords to pay for cladding removal “makes no sense”. Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA), has ...

31 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Dozens of buildings still have Grenfell-style cladding, new figures show

Dozens of buildings in the UK still have the same type of cladding as Grenfell Tower almost five years after the disaster, new Government figures showed. Authorities have identified 481 buildings with ACM ...

20 Jan 2022 at 19:25

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