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Binita Mehta-Parmar, chairman of the Watford Conservatives The chairman of the Watford Conservative party says her members "fought a strong campaign" following the 2021 local elections. Despite failing to pick up any seats once again on Watford Borough Council, the Tories doubled their vote in the town from 2019, and overtook the Labour party in five wards. The party's chairman, Binita Mehta-Parmar, who stood to be a councillor in Nascot ward, seemed disappointed her party weren't able to secure any of their target seats, when talking to the Observer about their overall performance. ...

South London leaseholders caught up in the cladding scandal are selling their furniture to keep up with huge bills.   The rapid spread of the 2017 Grenfell fire, which claimed 72 lives, was found to be caused by dangerous cladding.   Now laws designed to make sure combustible cladding and other fire hazards are removed from buildings have left leaseholders facing tens of thousands of pounds in costs.   Many of their homes are now unsellable as lenders will not offer mortgages until the cladding is removed.  Some blocks were found to be so at risk after External Wall System ...

Photo added of leaseholders (not named) on estate in Lambeth 

South London leaseholders caught up in the cladding scandal are selling their furniture to keep up with huge bills.   The rapid spread of the 2017 Grenfell fire, which claimed 72 lives, was found to be caused by dangerous cladding.   Now laws designed to make sure combustible cladding and other fire hazards are removed from buildings have left leaseholders facing tens of thousands of pounds in costs.   Many of their homes are now unsellable as lenders will not offer mortgages until the cladding is removed.  Some blocks were found to be so at risk after External Wall System ...

Plans for 122 new flats on Abbey Barn Lane refused PLANS for 122 new flats for people aged 55 and up have been thrown out by the council. Berkeley Homes Ltd has been refused permission to build two separate “age restricted” apartment buildings on part of the Abbey Barn South site, on Abbey Barn Lane, in High Wycombe. The decision was taken during a West Buckinghamshire Area Planning Committee, on Tuesday (April 27). PICTURED: What the new build might have looked like  A motion was proposed by Cllr Sarfaraz Raja and seconded by Cllr Chris Whitehead. The 1.8-hectare area, which...