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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Gove

'Their bravery, their courage, has made a difference': Michael Gove hails Awaab Ishak's family ahead of law change

Many of the campaign demands for Awaab's Law are being met

Manchester Evening News

Father of boy killed by mould in flat welcomes law to prevent repeat

Faisal Abdullah thanks Michael Gove for announcing ‘Awaab’s law’, after death of two-year-old in Rochdale

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: Awaab’s Law will be a reality

Minister meets with toddler’s parents PLUS Did Gove go ‘rogue’ AND Students occupy uni buildings

Manchester Evening News

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Crackdown on poor social housing named Awaab's Law after boy who died in mouldy flat

The father of young Awaab Ishak - who died after living in a mould-infested flat - hailed plans to change the law and said public support 'stopped us feeling alone during this hard time'

Daily Mirror

Father of boy who died after exposure to mould welcomes law to tackle damp homes

The Government said the proposed ‘Awaab’s Law’ aims to make landlords fix reported health hazards within specified timeframes.

The Independent UK

Landlords subject to strict time limits to fix damp under Awaab’s Law

Awaab Ishak’s parents had their complaints about mould in their housing association flat ‘repeatedly ignored’.

The Independent UK

'Your support stopped us feeling alone': Awaab Ishak's dad speaks out after massive breakthrough

'We are finally starting to feel like we are being treated fairly'

Manchester Evening News

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Awaab's Law: Campaign for change in tragic toddler's memory takes huge step forward as Bill amendment set to be tabled

The two-year-old died following prolonged exposure to damp and mould at his home on the Freehold estate in Rochdale

Manchester Evening News

Did Michael Gove go 'rogue' with social housing spending promise during Manchester speech?

“I understand the Secretary of State is in Rochdale today. How can he possibly tell housing associations to sort themselves out if he can’t sort out his own department?" shadow communities secretary Lisa Nandy asked.

Manchester Evening News

Treasury reins in levelling up spending amid Gove’s plan for more grants

Michael Gove’s department banned from spending money on new capital projects without Treasury approval

The Guardian - UK

Harry and Meghan make their stage debuts as gruesome puppets for Spitting Image

A new show has opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre featuring the Duke and Duchess and a host of other famous faces pictured below

Wales Online

The Guardian view on the cladding scandal: tough talk must be matched with substance

Editorial: Michael Gove’s admission of failures is welcome, but leaseholders need certainty they won’t be on the hook for any fire defects

The Guardian - UK

Call to sanction cladding suppliers that made £7.5bn profit since Grenfell disaster

Manufacturers of insulation installed on the tower have yet to agree a voluntary funding scheme to fix dangerous buildings

The Guardian - UK

Number of problems in social housing ‘only seem to be getting bigger’, campaigner warns

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa said more tenants were reaching out to him for help with their social housing situations

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Wales Online

1,000 University jobs at risk in Wales as more strikes planned

Universities Wales said 1,000 jobs could be cut as a result of lost EU funding

Manchester Evening News

Awaab's Law: Damp and mould complaints surge as action promised following toddler's death

Landlords are under scrutiny

Nottingham Post

Nottingham City Council avoids government intervention but warned not to 'loosen its grip'

The Government has confirmed that it will not be sending commissioners in to run Nottingham City Council at this stage, but that there is "much to do" for it to improve.

Daily Mirror

Firefighter took selfie in front of smouldering Grenfell Tower and used it for Tinder

The London Fire Brigade worker is said to have taken the picture "in the immediate aftermath" of the tragedy which killed 72 people, including 18 children, in 2017

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Manchester Evening News

Michael Gove thinks Levelling Up cash is 'transformational'... but for this town it's simply not enough

Oldham was awarded £20m in the second round of what was once Whitehall’s flagship investment programme

The Guardian - UK

Mould complaints in England’s social housing double over two years

Ombudsman criticises ‘disappointing’ response by landlords in wake of Awaab Ishak’s death from respiratory illness in 2020

Chronicle Live

North East devolution deal slammed as 'undemocratic' by Berwick councillor

The £4.2 billion deal was signed by council leaders last week

Daily Mirror

Yvette Cooper tells Suella Braverman 'I don't know what you do' in blistering swipe

The shadow Home Secretary urged her Tory counterpart to 'get out of the way and let somebody else do the job' as she lashed out over the government's crime failings

Evening Standard

What are leaseholds? Labour plans to ban property managers who exploit tenants

Shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy ponders tighter regulation on the sector after complaints from leaseholders

Evening Standard

Developers must commit to fixing unsafe tower blocks or face ban, says Gove

The plan is the Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire, which brought to light safety issues in apartment buildings

Wales Online

Michael Gove pledges to let millions in leasehold homes buy their properties outright

It could mean millions of families will get greater powers to buy

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