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Rayner to push ahead with evacuation plans that are ‘insult’ to disabled people who died at Grenfell

By John Pring on 27th February 2025 Category: Housing

Rayner to push ahead with evacuation plans that are ‘insult’ to disabled people who died at Grenfell
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The government has confirmed that it will push ahead with “watered down” proposals for the emergency evacuation of disabled people who live in high-rise residential buildings, in response to the Grenfell fire inquiry. In its “full response” to the Grenfell Tower […]

Labour’s ‘watered-down’ response to Grenfell evacuation proposal ‘was a betrayal’

By John Pring on 30th January 2025 Category: Housing

Labour’s ‘watered-down’ response to Grenfell evacuation proposal ‘was a betrayal’
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The government must abandon its “watered-down” proposals for emergency evacuation of disabled people who live in high-rise residential buildings, say disabled people’s organisations. The government quietly announced the policy in December when responding to a consultation on Conservative plans that would […]

Labour’s watered-down policy on high-rise evacuation ‘is insult to disabled people who died in Grenfell fire’

By John Pring on 5th December 2024 Category: Housing

Labour’s watered-down policy on high-rise evacuation ‘is insult to disabled people who died in Grenfell fire’
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Labour’s refusal to introduce “genuine” emergency evacuation plans for disabled people is an insult to those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower disaster, say disabled campaigners. The government quietly published its response this week to a consultation that ended […]

Grenfell: Inquiry calls for urgent action to prioritise safety of disabled residents of high-rise flats

By John Pring on 5th September 2024 Category: Housing

Grenfell: Inquiry calls for urgent action to prioritise safety of disabled residents of high-rise flats
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The final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has told the government to take urgent action to prioritise the safety of disabled people and other “vulnerable” residents who live in high-rise residential buildings. The 1,700-page report was published yesterday (Wednesday) and […]

Grenfell: Housing managers repeatedly rejected calls to improve safety of disabled residents

By John Pring on 5th September 2024 Category: Housing

Grenfell: Housing managers repeatedly rejected calls to improve safety of disabled residents
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The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report has revealed how opportunities to produce evacuation plans for disabled residents of Grenfell – and other high-rise buildings in the same London borough – were repeatedly rejected by those responsible for their safety. The report […]

MPs are told accessible housing is at breaking point… and they are partly to blame

By John Pring on 8th February 2024 Category: Housing

MPs are told accessible housing is at breaking point… and they are partly to blame
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MPs have been told that the provision of accessible housing in England is “at breaking point”, partly because of their own failure to act to end the crisis. Members of the cross-party levelling up, housing and communities committee were hearing evidence […]

Minister made ‘political’ decision to rule out safe evacuation for disabled people

By John Pring on 20th July 2023 Category: Housing

Minister made ‘political’ decision to rule out safe evacuation for disabled people
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The government made a secret political decision that it would be too expensive and impractical to ensure that disabled people can safely evacuate from high-rise blocks of flats in emergencies, the high court has concluded. A minister decided not to make […]

Disabled duo take battle for post-Grenfell evacuation justice to high court

By John Pring on 8th December 2022 Category: Human Rights

Disabled duo take battle for post-Grenfell evacuation justice to high court
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Two disabled campaigners were at the high court this week to challenge the government’s refusal to ensure that all disabled people can safely evacuate from high-rise blocks of flats in emergencies. Following the two-day hearing, Georgie Hulme and Sarah Rennie said […]

Court gives disabled duo go-ahead to challenge ministers on post-Grenfell evacuation

By John Pring on 15th September 2022 Category: Human Rights

Court gives disabled duo go-ahead to challenge ministers on post-Grenfell evacuation
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Two campaigners have won permission from the high court to challenge the government’s refusal to ensure that all disabled people can safely evacuate from high-rise blocks of flats in emergencies. Georgie Hulme and Sarah Rennie, co-founders of the disabled-led leaseholder action […]

Grenfell: Court challenge for Home Office over rejection of evacuation policy

By John Pring on 4th August 2022 Category: Housing

Grenfell: Court challenge for Home Office over rejection of evacuation policy
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Two campaigners are seeking the high court’s permission to challenge the government’s refusal to ensure disabled people can evacuate safely from high-rise blocks of flats in emergencies. Three years ago, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry called for all owners and managers of […]

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