The UN has warned Britain that its failure to strip
combustible cladding from high-rise buildings containing tens of thousands
homes may be a breach of international law. In a fresh headache for the housing
secretary, Robert Jenrick, the global body is demanding answers about the UK
government’s delayed programme to fix hundreds of blocks wrapped in flammable
panels and with other fire safety problems. Leilani Farha, the UN’s special
rapporteur on adequate housing, wrote to the government to express “serious
concern about allegations of multiple violations of the human right to adequate
housing, of which safety is a key component – contrary to international human
rights law”. Read more on the Observer website.
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