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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Gove

Homes on tragic Awaab Ishak's estate were finally inspected... and 80% had damp and mould

It comes as the housing secretary promises action following the toddler's death

Manchester Evening News

Call to pull Rochdale green belt sites from Greater Manchester's housing masterplan rejected after 'cynical' move

Coun John Taylor said it was an ‘opportunity for change’ that Rochdale council ‘ought to grasp with two hands’.

Manchester Evening News

No change to Greater Manchester masterplan examination - despite indication government could scrap housing targets

Green belt campaigners were heartened by housing secretary Michael Gove’s recent statement signalling he intended to make further changes to the planning system.

Manchester Evening News

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Landlords told to ‘get a grip’ as almost a quarter of private rented homes do not meet standards

Figures emerge as damning report finds ‘significant’ failings by landlord of two-year-old who died in mouldy flat

The Independent UK

Shock figures show almost a quarter of private rented homes do not meet decent standard

Figures emerge as damning report finds ‘significant’ failings by landlord of dead two-year-old

The Independent UK

Property bosses write to Gove demanding urgent rental sector reforms

Letter warns of the disastrous impact of landlords quitting the sector

Evening Standard

Every housing association home to be checked for damp and mould after death of toddler Awaab Ishak

It comes following the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak - who passed away in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in a one-bedroom housing association flat

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Talking Point: Are you happy to pay £20 extra on council tax for TfL?

Michael Gove described the Mayor’s plan to increase council tax to fund TfL as “disappointing”

Evening Standard

Every housing association home in England ‘to be checked for issues such as damp and mould’ after toddler's death

It comes after the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in a one-bedroom housing association flat

Wales Online

Every housing association home ‘to be checked for issues such as damp and mould’

The Better Social Housing Review called for housing associations to conduct and publish a thorough audit’ of all social homes across England.

The Independent UK

Mayor gets go-ahead to put £20 on council tax for TfL

Sadiq Khan has been given the green light by ministers to continue to use council tax to bail out Transport for London.

Evening Standard

Gove’s defence of UK coalmine dismissed as ‘greenwashing nonsense’

Head of offsetting standard rubbishes minister’s claim of Cumbrian mine’s carbon neutrality as ‘absurd’

The Guardian - UK

Cumbria coalmine digs a hole for Britain’s climate policy

Letters: Michael Gove’s decision to approve a new mine is greeted with anger and frustration by Steven Schofield, Keith Fitton, Dr Chris Haughton, Gary Nethercott and Liz Fairhurst

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil march in Clapham against government ‘clampdown’ with Camden protest to follow

Activists step up protests after Michael Gove approves Cumbria coal mine

Evening Standard

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Watchdog names social landlords in England with worst complaints records

Landlords in Kent, London and Devon named as housing ombudsman criticises ‘poor performance’

The Independent UK

Tories’ ‘misleading’ £800bn post-Brexit trade deals claim condemned by watchdog

Tories should not have suggested rollover deals were ‘new’, says UK Statistics Authority

The National (Scotland)

Tories reprimanded over claim about £800bn post-Brexit trade deals

THE official statistics watchdog has reprimanded the Conservatives after the party claimed the UK had secured £800 billion in “new free trade…

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog reprimands Tories over £800bn post-Brexit trade deals claim

Figure includes agreements rolled over from before leaving EU, and description of ‘new trade’ is misleading says UKSA chief

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The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove calls New York Times ‘useful idiots’ for Trojan horse podcast

Former education secretary for England says podcast ‘was replete with errors’ about controversy involving Birmingham schools

Manchester Evening News

Awaab's Law: Change is already happening - but there is so much more to do

Councils and housing associations are taking steps to make sure the tragedy is not repeated

The Guardian - UK

New Cumbria coalmine: backlash grows as steel industry plays down demand

‘Red wall credentials’ suspected at Westminster as real reason for approval by Michael Gove

Chronicle Live

MP explains why he was opposed coal mines in his constituency - but backs one in Cumbria

Michael Gove controversially gave the green light for plans to create the first deep coal mine in the UK for decades

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: the full inside story of the Michelle Mone PPE scandal

PPE Medpro and supply chain partners made as much as £100m in profits; Tory peer and husband now selling yacht and homes

The Guardian - UK

Cumbria coalmine protests planned as local opposition grows

Campaigners expected to gather on Friday and Saturday, and possible legal challenge is being explored

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on windfarms reflects the Tories’ failure to protect rural England

As the Conservatives squabble over planning and housing targets, England’s countryside is being destroyed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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