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‘Levelling-up’ government cash for 1,000 new homes… but not one of them will have to be wheelchair-accessible

By John Pring on 14th April 2022 Category: Housing

A government agency has announced that it will spend £15 million helping to fund more than 1,000 new family homes across three English counties, but not one of them will have to be suitable for a wheelchair-user to live in. Homes […]

Grenfell: Government ‘probably forgot’ to ask disabled people for views on evacuation

By John Pring on 31st March 2022 Category: Housing

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A senior civil servant has told the Grenfell inquiry that the government probably “forgot” to seek disabled people’s views on how residents with physical impairments could evacuate tower blocks in an emergency, six years before the devastating fire. Brian Martin, who […]

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