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Gove warns tens of thousands of homes unsafe in wake of Awaab Ishak’s death

The Housing Secretary stripped the association that rented the mould-ridden flat of £1 million of funding.

The Independent UK

Michael Gove admits ‘at least tens of thousands of UK homes are unsafe to live in’

Two-year-old Awaab Ishak died due to black mould in the flat he lived in with his parents in Rochdale

Evening Standard

‘Tens of thousands’ of rented homes in shoddy condition, Michael Gove admits

Housing secretary asked if he is ‘embarrassed laying out those statistics’ - 12 years after Tories came to power

The Independent UK

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Gove strips housing association’s funding after Awaab Ishak’s death due to mould

It comes after the Housing Secretary wrote to every English council leader and social housing provider to warn that such deaths must not happen.

The Independent UK

Michael Gove strips £1m funding from landlord after boy’s death in mouldy flat

Councils get money to crack down on rogue landlords

The Independent UK

Michael Gove cuts funding to Rochdale housing association where child died

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing criticised after Awaab Ishak died from black mould exposure

The Guardian - UK

Housing association that failed to treat mould in Awaab Ishak's home stripped of £1m government funding

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has come under intense criticism following the toddler's tragic death

Manchester Evening News

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Inside UK's social homes from hell - plagued with rats, mould and crumbling walls

Families across the UK have exposed the mould, damp and disrepair they've been forced to endure living in under social housing and council landlords

Daily Mirror

Michelle Mone’s PPE denials v what we know

Tory peer and husband have repeatedly distanced themselves from company given £200m in government Covid contracts

The Guardian - UK

The yacht, the wedding and £29m: Michelle Mone’s life during the Covid crisis

After recommending PPE Medpro for £203m government contracts, the Tory peer spoke of how business was hard but ‘rewarding’

The Guardian - UK

UK Silicon Valley plan that Michael Gove ‘flushed down toilet’ given new lease of life

Tom Waters, a senior economist at the IFS, says Hunt’s approach has been to freeze ‘everything he can get his hands on’

The Independent UK

Eton probed by regulator after pupils ‘heckle’ state schoolgirls

There were reports of bad behaviour after a talk by Nigel Farage

Evening Standard

Michael Gove 'calls in' £180m plans for logistics hub which could create thousands of jobs

The plans had originally been backed by the local council in March

Birmingham Post

Tories brace for more departures as MP says she won’t run at next election

Former work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith becomes latest to announce decision to stand down before deadline next month

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Daily Mirror

Judi Love's heartbreak as son ended up in intensive care due to damp social housing

Judi Love has now spoken out about how her 11-year-old son was seriously ill after developing breathing problems due to the damp social housing, as she reflected on two-year-old Awaab Ishak's tragic death

Insider UK

UK Government 'must replace' lost EU funding for Scottish projects

Projects which have benefited from £72.5m of European Territorial Co-operation grants may be unable to continue

Daily Mirror

Single mum terrified for son, 3, after 'developing asthma from mouldy home'

Macy Tyler, 22, lives in a Redbridge Council-provided flat in Basildon, Essex where conditions are so bad she reportedly says she'd rather live on the street than spend any more time there

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove accuses social landlords of ‘complacency’ after child’s death

Housing secretary says landlords have been ‘defensive’ over dangerous conditions, after death of Awaab Ishak

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on unsafe housing: underinvestment costs lives

Editorial: The mould that caused the death of Awaab Ishak is widespread in substandard social homes

Daily Mirror

Michael Gove blasts Awaab Ishak housing association's response to mould death tragedy

Michael Gove told MPs leaders at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) - which failed to act when Awaab Ishak's parents reported dangerous mould in their home - didn't appreciate the scale of change needed

The National (Scotland)

UK's anti-Europe stance threatens Scottish science schemes, SNP warn

SCOTLAND faces the risk of an innovation drought if Westminster ditches a European funding programme, a Government minister has warned.

The Independent UK

Michael Gove dubs Lisa Nandy ‘Labour’s Marcus Rashford’ in baffling comments

Nandy says Gove’s department was ‘biggest loser’ from autumn Budget in Commons clash

The Guardian - UK

Poor social housing kills, as the death of Awaab Ishak shows

Letters: The link between poor housing conditions and ill health was proven decades ago, so why are tenants still being blamed, ask Stephen Platt, Dr Claudia Martin and Dr Sonja Hunt. Plus letters from Nik Wood, Steven Chown and Norman Miller

Wales Online

Awaab's Law petition for justice after boy, 2, dies of mould exposure nears 100k

An inquest into the death of Awaab Ishak prompted an outcry this week after it found he died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould

The Guardian - UK

Cop27 failed on keeping global heating to just 1.5C, Ed Miliband says – as it happened

Shadow secretary for climate change and net zero accuses global leaders of ‘fiddling while the world burns’

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