Thursday, 19 December 2019

‘Grenfell’ Housing Minister Joins Clarion Board


Former housing minister Gavin Barwell – whose ducking of questions outside 10 Downing Street was a defining image of Grenfell’s aftermath – has joined the Clarion Group board as a non-executive director. Barwell said: “I have long been a champion of the role played by housing associations in tackling the housing crisis.” Barwell, given a peerage in September, was warned in the Commons he could “potentially be in the dock for corporate manslaughter”, with his inaction in office making the government culpable over the Grenfell disaster. David Avery, chair of the Clarion Housing Group board, said he was “delighted” at Barwell joining the board and a “strong team” of non-executive directors. Read more on 24housing.


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