having spoken to the board, i can confirm that i will not be resigning. they ve given me their full backing and trust to continue to oversee the improvements and changes needed within rbh. the statment comes a day after michael gove, the secretary of state for housing, accused rbh of a terrible dereliction of duty, and admitted that poor housing quality disproportionately affects people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. awaab s parents said that they were left feeling absolutely worthless by the housing association, and alleged that they were treated that way because they are not originally from the uk. the housing ombudsman service has announced it is speeding up three investigations into rbh and mr swarbrick over the complaints made by awaab s parents. howard johnson, bbc news.
accused rbh of a terrible dereliction of duty, and admitted that poor housing quality disproportionately affects people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds. awaab s parents said that they were left feeling absolutely worthless by the housing association, and alleged that they were treated that way because they are not originally from the uk. the housing ombudsman service has announced it is speeding up three investigations into rbh and mr swarbrick over the complaints made by awaab s parents. howard johnson, bbc news. a game changing drug which delays the development of type 1 diabetes has been approved in the us. experts say it marks a new era in treatment and will tackle the root cause of the condition, rather than just the symptoms. rachel connor, director of research partnership at thejuvenile diabetes research foundation, was clearly delighted about what this means when she spoke to my colleague rebecca jones a little earlier. we are so excited by this news,
in december 2020 following a cardiac arrest after living in this damp one bedroom flat in rochdale. his parents had complained repeatedly about widespread mould to rbh, rochdale borough housing, but no action had been taken. rbh chief executive gareth swarbrick, who earned £170,000 in the year awaab died, has insisted he will not be standing down. i want to start by saying how sorry i am to awaab s family for their loss. no apology will ever be enough. the conversation around my position has begun to overshadow the most important parts of all of this, which is that a family has lost their child. having spoken to the board, i can confirm that i will not be resigning. they ve given me their full backing and trust to continue to oversee the improvements and changes needed within rbh. the statment comes a day after michael gove, the secretary of state for housing,
in order to explain to me why it was that this tragedy was allowed to happen. but are the ishaks alone? in the block where they lived, yesterday i spoke to one woman who didn t want to appear on camera but she sent me these photos of the mould in her home. she says that she has been raising it with rochdale boroughwide for years, too. the coroner looking into awaab s death asked the question when she delivered her verdict which many others are asking. she said, how in the uk, in 2020, does a two year old child die from exposure to mould in his home? phil mccann, bbc news, rochdale. the cost of school uniforms put a lot of pressure on parents, so any new law was introduced in england in september to make them more affordable, it was widely welcomed. however, some charities say the changes are not being put into practice quickly enough and many families are still turning to them for support. look at it! it s a church, but it s also home to a charity.
devastated about awaab s death and the things that he says they got wrong. he added, we must make sure this can never happen again. awaab s death needs to be a wake up call for everyone in housing, social care and health. but the housing secretary has called for that chief executive to stand down. it seems to me inconceivable that the chief executive of a housing association, earning north of £150,000, who is responsible for decent homes in rochdale, the fact that this case a solicitor on the case in order to try to make sure that he and his family were living in a decent home, the fact that they did nothing and hid behind procedure, i mean, honestly, it beggars belief that this guy is still in office. he is coming here in order to explain to me why it was that this tragedy was allowed to happen. but are the ishaks alone? in the block where they lived, yesterday i spoke to one woman who didn t want to appear on camera but she sent me these photos of the mould in her home.