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MPs to investigate cladding remediation progress
Top Stories Tamfitronics A high-profile Parliamentary committee has announced a probe into the government’s progress in remediating high-rise buildings with dangerous cladding.The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said it would summon senior officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and Homes England to give evidence.Its inquiry will delve into how effectively government schemes have been identifying and remediating unsafe cladding and managing the associated costs.A statement from the committee said: “In its 2020 report on remediating dangerous cladding, the committee expressed its condemnation at the badly missed target of June 2020 for all high-rise blocks to have Grenfell-style cladding removed.“The MHCLG accepted at the time that progress had been unacceptably slow.”The PAC’s new inquiry will assess whether recent government initiatives have successfully remedied system-wide issues and made meaningful progress in the past four...
Police investigate bomb threat at B.C. NDP party campaign office
Politics tamfitronics 'Violence has absolutely no place in our politics,' says Eby, who was not in the NDP office when the threat was receivedAuthor of the article:Published Oct 13, 2024 • 3 minute readB.C. NDP Leader David Eby and North Island NDP candidate Michele Babchuk arrive for a campaign stop in Campbell River, B.C., on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. Photo by DARRYL DYCK /THE CANADIAN PRESSViolence should have no place in British Columbia politics, said New Democrat Leader David Eby as police investigated a bomb threat at a party campaign office on Vancouver Island.Eby said Saturday an NDP campaign office in Campbell River was temporarily evacuated Friday after receiving a bomb threat.Eby, who was campaigning Friday in the Vancouver Island city, said he was not in the NDP office when the threat was received.THIS CONTENT...
News24 | SIU to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in Nelson Mandela Bay
Top Stories Tamfitronics In 2021, GroundUp reported on streetlights in Kariega, under Nelson Mandela Bay, that had been off for years despite complaints by residents. (Thamsanqa Mbovane/GroundUp) The...
