Homeowners have reacted with “horror” after parliament finally voted against protecting them from post-Grenfell fire safety costs that could run to £10bn. Campaigners for hundreds of thousands of people trapped with devastating bills to make their homes safe said Wednesday night’s vote in the House of Lords against protecting them “pulls the rug from under a generation of leaseholders”. It comes after weeks of debates in parliament in which the government rejected calls from Labour and about 30 rebel Tory MPs for them to meet the cost and recoup the money from property developers. Read more on the Guardian website.
Too many buildings remain unsafe after Grenfell disaster, housing minister
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Wajid Khan tells House of Lords remediation work is yet to start on half of
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Far too many high and medium-rise buildings a...
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