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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Family of boy who died from mould in flat call for housing board to resign

Awaab Ishak
Awaab Ishak. Photograph: Family handout/PA

The family of Awaab Ishak, the two-year-old who died as a result of mould in a social housing flat, have said they have no confidence in the board of the landlord body and called for their mass resignation.

In a statement on Thursday after a meeting in Rochdale with Michael Gove, the secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities, they said: “While the current board remains, there is an ever present risk and danger to Rochdale Boroughwide Housing tenants.”

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