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Tory mps to borisjohnson — that he must tackle the cost of living crisis or face a backlash at the polls. the guardian leads on comments from fire safety campaigners, who say the housing secretary michael gove must spend more than the planned £4 billion to tackle the cladding crisis. the mirror has an exclusive report on what it calls "the sickening truth" behind the governments promise to "level up", featuring a yorkshire school which it says has no money for repairs. and the ft reports on n...

Who couldnt afford to get a full mortgage on a property. so i was able to own half of it and pay rent on the other. its really done me a disservice. housing experts say the cladding crisis has exposed the flaws in the shared ownership model and want it reformed. i think the scheme does have a sort of fundamental unfairness. there are potential liabilities, which are so great that people are potentially going to go bankrupt or lose their homes. any scheme which purports to be an affordable housin...

Im stuck with something that potentially might ruin me. its hard to even think about it all because its just too much, too heartbreaking. concerns over building safety were triggered by the grenfell tower fire in 2017. 72 people died. an inquiry found the type of cladding used, known as acm, was the primary cause of the fires rapid spread. something wasnt right and i think you knew too. since then, the cladding crisis has only escalated. there have been a wave of demonstrations. applause this is...

72 people died. an inquiry found the type of cladding used, known as acm, was the primary cause of the fires rapid spread. something wasnt right and i think you knew too. since then, the cladding crisis has only escalated. there have been a wave of demonstrations. this is a scandal that has been 30 years in the making. safety checks on other tower blocks after the grenfell tower fire found notjust problems with cladding, but many other fire safety defects too. so, flammable balconies, missing fi...

All because its just too much, too heartbreaking. concerns over building safety were triggered by the grenfell tower fire in 2017. 72 people died. an inquiry found the type of cladding used, known as acm, was the primary cause of the fires rapid spread. something wasnt right and i think you knew too. since then, the cladding crisis has only escalated. there have been a wave of demonstrations. this is a scandal that has been 30 years in the making. safety checks on other tower blocks after the gr...

Like me who couldnt afford to get a full mortgage on a property. so i was able to own half of it and pay rent on the other. its really done me a disservice. housing experts say the cladding crisis has exposed the flaws in the shared ownership model and want it reformed. i think the scheme does have a sort of fundamental unfairness. there are potential liabilities which are so great that people are potentially going to go bankrupt or lose their homes. any scheme which purports to be an affordable...

While prince charles now has it for a second time. the government is proposing to cap the costs faced by leaseholders who own flats with flammable cladding and other fire safety defects. ministers say no leaseholder will have to pay more than £15,000 in london and £10,000 in the rest of the uk for costs related to the cladding crisis. any money already paid out since the grenfell fire will count towards the cap. campaigners have welcomed the move but say they still shouldnt be paying a penny f...

To cap the costs faced to cap the costs faced by leaseholders, who own flats with flammable cladding, and other fire safety defects. ministers say no leaseholder will have to pay more than 15,000 pounds in london and £10,000 in the rest of the uk for costs related to the cladding crisis. any money already paid out since the grenfell fire will count towards the cap. campaigners have welcomed the move, but say they still shouldnt be paying a penny for problems they didnt cause. the duchess of cor...

"Leaseholders should not be held responsible for work that was not their responsibility in the first place."

Archbishop desmond tutu. tackling the cladding crisis in australia — what can the uk learn from down under? and right now in australia, theyre celebrating the arrival of 2022 amid heightened covid restrictions. welcome to the bbc news at one. new figures show that covid—related absences in acute nhs trusts in england went up by more than 40% during christmas week. an average of more than 25,000 health workers were off sick or isolating each day. london was again the worst—hit with about 4%...