Fire-safety - Page 3

By Scott Dorling | 10 May 2023

The Building Safety Act was introduced partly in response to the Grenfell tragedy, and liability ...

FINANCE

Council agrees Grenfell compensation

By Mark Conrad | 02 May 2023

Kensington & Chelsea LBC is among the defendants that have agreed a £150m civil compensation sett...

WHITEHALL

Qualifications likely for housing directors amid Gove push

By Paul Marinko | 27 February 2023

Council housing directors are likely to be expected to gain an ‘appropriate’ qualification after ...

HOUSING

Districts rapped by social housing watchdog

By Martin Ford | 30 January 2023

Two district councils have been found to have breached health and safety rules by the social hous...

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

Pocklington concern over cladding removal pace

By Mark Conrad | 23 January 2023

Fewer than half of remaining tower blocks with the most dangerous cladding have start dates for r...

FINANCE

Balancing Housing Revenue Account priorities

By Steve Partridge | 12 January 2023

Councils face a very difficult balancing act in relation to their Housing Revenue Accounts and ul...

HOUSING

'Othering' is the most troubling aspect of the tragic case of Awaab Ishak

By Claire Kober | 14 December 2022

Claire Kober says that in seeking to learn the lessons of Awaab Ishak's death, the housing sector...

LEGAL

'Multiple opportunities' missed to prevent Grenfell fire

By Martin Ford | 10 November 2022

In written evidence to the inquiry into the June 2017 fire, Kensington & Chelsea LBC said it ‘apo...

WHITEHALL

Ministers savaged as Grenfell Inquiry draws to close

By Chris Mahony | 04 July 2022

Lawyers representing the bereaved, survivors and residents have used their final submissions to t...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Gove urges councils to call out poor performance

By Heather Jameson | 28 June 2022

Levelling up secretary Michael Gove quite rightly sung the praises of local government for the se...

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