Friday, June 27

Politics

RAAC concrete: Rishi Sunak helps Gillian Keegan’s dealing with of disaster regardless of criticism from Whitehall
Politics

RAAC concrete: Rishi Sunak helps Gillian Keegan’s dealing with of disaster regardless of criticism from Whitehall

Rishi Sunak has backed Gillian Keegan's dealing with of the colleges concrete disaster after she was accused of opening up a "Pandora's box" by taking unilateral choices on the difficulty.The prime minister stated the Department for Education (DfE) had acted "exactly correctly" upon studying that greater than 100 faculties have been affected by the presence of collapse-prone strengthened autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). In complete 147 faculties have been recognized as containing RAAC after the authorities responded to calls for from the Opposition to publish the complete listing.The begin of time period has been delayed at 19 faculties - accountable for 11,150 pupils - whereas 4 faculties with a complete of two,938 pupils have additionally needed to return to distant stud...
Michael Gove names and shames councils who failed to reply adequately to mould and noise complaints
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Michael Gove names and shames councils who failed to reply adequately to mould and noise complaints

Several councils have been singled out for criticism by Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove over their obvious failure to answer complaints from residents, starting from damp and mildew to anti-social behaviour.In public letters to 6 councils - the vast majority of that are Labour-controlled - Mr Gove accused the varied authorities of neglecting their residents' wants. In a letter to Southwark Council in London, the cupboard minister mentioned he was "appalled" to study of a case involving a pregnant resident who was left with no heating for six months throughout the winter.In a separate case, the council is alleged to have accused a tenant of vandalising his personal kitchen after the council's contractors had eliminated kitchen items to hold out works. Mr Gove claimed the c...