The familiar request has gone in to Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) again this morning. We've wanted to chat to Gareth Swarbrick for a while.
The housing association's chief executive defiantly announced last night (November 17) that he will not be resigning following the death of Awaab Ishak. It comes after days of mounting pressure locally and nationally, while the Housing Ombudsman has also launched a fresh probe into RBH over three separate 'medium or high risk' mould issues.
Rochdale Council handed over a letter urging Mr Swarbrick to go while housing secretary Michael Gove insisted it was 'beggars belief' the boss was still in post. But in a statement posted along with a video showing him reading off a piece of paper, Mr Swarbrick revealed he had the backing of the RBH board to continue in his role.
