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Actor accuses government of ‘further dividing communities’ after 138-year-old venue loses £1.8m grantThe actor Maxine Peake has accused the government of “further dividing communities” after one of Britain’s oldest theatres lost its arts subsidy.Manage…
Yvette Cooper to cite BBC’s Happy Valley star in major policy speech on restoring community policing Labour will pledge to restore thousands of community officers such as Happy Valley’s Catherine Cawood, saying the local knowledge to tackle antisocial…
Faisal Abdullah thanks Michael Gove for announcing ‘Awaab’s law’, after death of two-year-old in RochdaleThe father of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who was killed by mould in a social housing flat, has welcomed a new law to prevent a repeat tragedy, sayin…
While some in Tottenham welcomed the change to La Rose Lane, others protestedWhen Jackie Wright first moved to Black Boy Lane in Tottenham in 1999, she asked her taxi driver if he knew the history behind the street name. She wasn’t from London, but the…
Manufacturers of insulation installed on the tower have yet to agree a voluntary funding scheme to fix dangerous buildingsCladding and insulation manufacturers whose products were involved in the Grenfell Tower fire face calls for sanctions after faili…
Dragons’ Den investor wants to offer financial workshops after being asked for help by those affected by 2017 disasterSteven Bartlett, the multimillionaire Dragons’ Den investor, is planning a “money school” for the Grenfell Tower community to advise p…
Labour hopes plan for up to 2,000 properties will help younger people return to places they grew upThe Welsh government is tackling the “blight” of derelict homes in villages, towns and cities across the country by ploughing £50m into an empty homes sc…
A government agreement with developers was meant to solve the fire safety crisis in affected buildings – but the wrangling goes onIn June 2021, Charlotte Meehan received a safety inspection report for her block of flats as part of the nationwide checks…
Minister says he wants to abolish ‘outdated, feudal’ system of home ownership by end of this parliamentMichael Gove has admitted that “faulty and ambiguous” government guidance was partly responsible for the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The UK housing secre…
In a Friday night news dump, the Biden administration finally released border numbers for December 2022. Here’s what you need to know about the highest monthly total in American history.