The cladding crisis is front and centre of election
campaigning, with the government accused of downplaying risks posed by
high-pressure laminate (HPL) panels linked to the blaze that ripped through a
student block in Bolton. Former housing minister Kit Malthouse was accused in
June of ‘misleading’ MPs over fire-safety tests carried out on HPL prior to
June 2017. Answering a written Commons question from Labour’s Steve Reed,
Malthouse effectively admitted that MHCLG had been aware of another cladding
type that failed a large-scale fire test. Read more on 24housing.
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People are living with sickness or disability younger than a decade ago.
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