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Mike Amesbury comments on the failure to meet the Government’s June 2020 deadline for the removal of all Grenfell-style cladding

Mike Amesbury MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister, commenting on the failure to meet the Government’s June 2020 deadline for the removal of all Grenfell-style ACM cladding, said:

“Three years on from the Grenfell tragedy, it shames Ministers that their target for removing Grenfell-style cladding from buildings has been missed by such a large margin. Hundreds of tower blocks are still wrapped in deadly flammable cladding.

“Today should have marked the end of a three-year nightmare for residents across the country. Instead, they will go to sleep tonight in unsafe buildings due to government inaction.

“Ministers should now live up to the promises made last year, and take enforcement action against building owners who are failing to do this work.”

Richard Desmond gave Tories £12k after development plans given approval

Mike Amesbury MPShadow Minister for Housing and Planning, responding to reports that billionaire property developer Richard Desmond gave Tories £12k two weeks after his plans got the go-ahead from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, said:

“This is yet another indication that Robert Jenrick’s unlawful decision to approve this planning decision against the wishes of the local council was done to benefit Richard Desmond, a wealthy Tory donor, to the tune of millions of pounds.

“This latest revelation comes hours after Jenrick announced new plans to remove planning decisions from locally elected councillors, enabling Ministers to take more decisions over the heads of local communities for the benefit of their wealthy friends.”

“Robert Jenrick should come clean and publish all correspondence with Richard Desmond about this case – otherwise the public will be entitled to think it’s one rule for the Conservatives and their wealthy friends, and another rule for everyone else.”