The government has still given no financial help to local
councils to carry out essential fire safety work, forcing councils to stretch
already limited housing budgets to cover the cost. In a survey of 31 local
councils whose tower blocks failed fire safety checks since the Grenfell Tower
disaster, none said they had received financial assistance from central
government to carry out work. That is despite top officials telling a committee
of MPs that four councils would receive help “in the next few weeks” on 15
January, almost three months ago. Housing minister Dominic Raab said “there may
be circumstances where government would consider the removal of financial
restrictions to enable works to go ahead”. Read more on Inside Housing.
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