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The signatories must stick to five commitments: be the “voice of building safety” in the industry; transparency in sharing key information with residents, clients, contractors and other stakeholders; make safety a “key factor” of choice in who they work with; ensure the views of residents are central to decision-making; make sure all parties have the time and resources to “achieve and maintain” building safety.
The new initiative is a response to Dame Judith Hackitt’s findings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, which identified a failure of leadership and culture as underlying causes of the tragedy. Dame Judith said of the new charter champions initiative: “I have consistently called for the built environment sector to recognise the need for culture change, which can only happen when leaders in the sector stand up and are prepared to demonstrate what ‘good’ looks like and to be held to account for delivery.”
Caribbean News Global
April 30, 2021
Image credit: Howard Grey
LONDON, ENGLAND – The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain – from the arrival of MV Empire Windrush in 1948 and in the decades that followed.
It will recognise how the Windrush Generation have enriched our nation’s history and made invaluable contributions to all aspects of British life, from our health and transport services to our politics, businesses, literature and culture.
The four artists shortlisted to design the monument are all of Caribbean descent and include world-renowned, established and up and coming artists working across the visual arts.
By Tom Lowe2021-04-30T08:21:00+01:00
Campaigners express horror over bill passing financial responsibility for £10bn of repairs on to leaseholders
Legislation which could see hundreds of thousands of leaseholders facing crippling fire safety bills of up to £100,000 has passed through Parliament after MPs voted against an amendment to the Fire Safety Bill.
Despite a significant rebellion of 32 Conservative MPs, the government defeated a Lords amendment to protect residents of buildings from the bills with the commons voting 322 to 256 this week.
Housing minister Chris Pincher said amendment ‘lacked clarity’
The vote followed the latest in a series of attempts by the Lords to ensure leaseholders are not forced to foot the bill for the works, which include cladding remediation as part of costs that could run to £10bn.
Survivors and bereaved relatives from the Grenfell Tower disaster have condemned the Government’s “indefensible” Fire Safety Bill, which is set to leave hundreds of thousands of leaseholders paying to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings.
The Bill, introduced in response to the deadly 2017 blaze, is set to become law after a final push to amend it was defeated in the House of Lords on Wednesday night.
Although the Government had insisted that leaseholders would not bear the cost of removing the flammable materials, critics say the Bill will leave people liable for costs of up to £50,000.
Following the vote, Grenfell United said in a statement to the PA news agency: “We’re deeply disappointed that ministers have broken their promises to leaseholders who have done absolutely nothing wrong. The Government’s position on this is indefensible.”
Survivors and bereaved relatives from the Grenfell Tower disaster have condemned the Government’s “indefensible” Fire Safety Bill, which is set to leave hundreds of thousands of leaseholders paying to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings.
The Bill, introduced in response to the deadly 2017 blaze, is set to become law after a final push to amend it was defeated in the House of Lords on Wednesday night.
Although the Government had insisted that leaseholders would not bear the cost of removing the flammable materials, critics say the Bill will leave people liable for costs of up to £50,000.
Following the vote, Grenfell United said in a statement to the PA news agency: “We’re deeply disappointed that ministers have broken their promises to leaseholders who have done absolutely nothing wrong. The Government’s position on this is indefensible.”