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Council chiefs ‘concerned’ by decision to end bailiff-enforced evictions
Local authority leaders have expressed concern over the Government’s decision to end the ban on bailiff-enforced evictions on 31 May.
Housing minister Christopher Pincher announced yesterday that the current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, introduced as an emergency measure during lockdown, will end at the end of this month.
He also confirmed that notice periods – previously extended to six months as an emergency measure during the pandemic – will be set at four months from 1 June. They will return to pre-pandemic levels from 1 October.
‘From the beginning of the pandemic, we have taken unprecedented action to protect renters and help keep them in their homes,’ he said.
MPs accuse Government of lacking clear flood-resilience targets
Local authority leaders have welcomed a call from MPs urging the Government to provide councils with the resources they need to protect vulnerable communities from flooding.
A report from the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee (EFRA) has accused the Government of lacking clear flood-resilience targets, which it says leaves England ‘playing catch-up’ with climate change.
Published today, the report insisted the Government must set out clearly defined objectives for a level of flood resilience which will protect homes and businesses in line with climate change projections. This would include seriously re-examining the National Infrastructure Commissions s recommendation of a nationwide standard.
By Dale Heenan
Cllr Dale Heenan at the Health Hydro, Milton road is getting £5m funding..Pic - Dale Heenan.Date 16/12/2020.Pic by Dave Cox.. A recent interview with Peter Boucher, the CEO of Excalibur Communications, in this paper has hit on a key point, which shouldn’t be lost on any Swindonian. “We must be more positive about our town. If all people hear is negative things then that is all they know. Swindon has its challenges like all towns and cities, but as this experienced businessman says the first and main thing I noticed was that most of the locals spent their time apologising for the town, and for no real reason…. it has a lot going for it.”