Matt Hancock with Gina Coladangelo outside Broadcasting House
Credit: REUTERS/Tom Nicholson
SIR – What a shambles! I am a staunch Conservative but I have to agree with comments made by Sir Keir Starmer on the news channels.
The Prime Minister made two huge errors. He should have sacked Dominic Cummings after his spree at Barnard Castle and Matt Hancock immediately, instead of saying, after he had received an apology, that the matter was “closed”.
The Prime Minister needs to be more like Churchill, who had the strength of character to replace at least one close friend in his Cabinet during the Second World War as he deemed it necessary.
Report highlights furniture poverty in social housing
Only 2% of social rented properties are let as furnished or partly furnished, compared to 29% of private rented properties, new research has shown.
The report from End Furniture Poverty warns this means people leaving care, fleeing domestic violence or moving from homelessness often move into a property without any furniture.
It shows that furniture provision has a positive impact on the lives of tenants and that it is likely to improve tenancy sustainability.
Claire Donovan, campaigns manager for End Furniture Poverty, said: At End Furniture Poverty, we have long believed that furnished tenancies can provide a comprehensive solution to furniture poverty for some people, primarily those in receipt of housing benefit, as the cost of a furniture package is eligible to be covered by the service charge element.