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The class composition of the senior ranks of the civil service has barely changed since 1967, research reveals, with civil servants from poorer backgrounds less likely to climb the “velvet drainpipe” to the top, and the vast majority of senior roles occupied by people from privileged backgrounds. Pockets of the civil service are particularly elitist, with just 12% of senior Treasury staff coming from low socio-economic backgrounds. Overall, only.
Tulip Siddiq MP, Hampstead and Kilburn
Published:
8:45 AM May 15, 2021
Damage to a 19-storey tower block in New Providence Wharf in Tower Hamlets which is covered in Grenfell Tower type cladding
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The fire at a tower block with flammable cladding in Tower Hamlets last week was a stark reminder that we have still not made buildings safe four years after the Grenfell disaster. This is shameful.
Last month, I joined an important meeting organised by the Brent and Camden cladding action group with many residents in Hampstead and Kilburn who have faced a living nightmare as a result of the cladding scandal. It was truly heart-breaking to hear the stories of people whose lives have been turned upside down and who are still trapped in unsafe buildings they cannot sell.
The EU has complained to Britain that the terms of its post-Brexit trade deal are being ignored in the deepening dispute over fishing rights off Jersey.
The European Commission said French fishing boats were facing “additional conditions” if they were to carry on operating, in breach of the terms of the agreement hammered out on Christmas Eve.
But in a call with Jersey’s chief minister John Le Fondre, Boris Johnson again voiced his “unequivocal support” for the actions taken by the island’s government.
He said two Royal Navy patrol boats despatched to the area on Wednesday would remain in place as a “precautionary measure”.