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Evening Standard
6 days ago
- Evening Standard
Sadiq Khan promises 40,000 new council homes by 2030 in £3.5bn affordable housing reboot
'Eight years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy more than a third of high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding are yet to start remediation works; 14 per cent of privately rented homes in London fail to meet the Decent Homes Standard, along with eight per cent of homes in the social rented sector; and 210,000 homes a year need to be made more energy efficient to help London reach net-zero by 2030.'
Daily Mirror
21-06-2025
- Daily Mirror
UK heatwave leaves renters boiling as 1m private rent homes fail basic standards
One in five privately rented homes would fail the government's Decent Homes Standard - and of those, almost 400,000 can't be maintained at liveable temperatures More than a million privately rented homes are failing basic living standards - as soaring temperatures leave renters boiling. One in five privately rented homes would fail the government's Decent Homes Standard. And of those, almost 400,000 can't be maintained at liveable temperatures, according to Lib Dem analysis of House of Commons data. The party is calling on the government to commit to an emergency home insulation programme and urgently implement new decent home standards. "The condition of rented homes is shameful," Lib Dem Energy Spokesperson Pippa Heylings said. "After years of Conservative failure to commit to upgrading homes and implementing new decent standards, renters now pay through the nose for homes that don't meet the basic standards of safety and health. This cannot continue." as soaring temperatures leave renters boiling. Half a million (496,000) privately rented homes - more than 10% of all private rented accommodation in the country - are rated with category 1 hazards. This is the most serious rating and poses serious and immediate risk to people's health and safety. A further 298,000 homes were deemed not in a reasonable state of repair - this could mean anything from not being structurally sound, to damp, rot and pest infestations. And another 88,000 privately rented homes failed DHS because they did not have suitable modern services and facilities such as a working toilet.
Daily Mirror
18-06-2025
- Daily Mirror
This Morning star emotional as Grenfell survivor describes losing unborn baby
This Morning presenters Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard were left emotional as they spoke to Grenfell Tower survivor Marcio Gomes on Wednesday's show. Marcio, a survivor of the devastating 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that claimed the lives of 72 people, including 18 children, shared his heart-wrenching story with the presenters of This Morning. During the emotional conversation, Marcio, who resided on the 21st floor, recounted the tragic loss of his unborn child. His wife was seven months pregnant at the time of the fire, and he poignantly recalled the moment at the hospital when medical staff broke the news: "At the hospital, they came to me and said-sorry." As Marcio paused to collect himself, Cat was visibly moved to tears. Tragically, his wife was in an induced coma and they were faced with a devastating decision, resulting in the stillbirth of their baby. Ben offered words of condolence, saying: "It's heartbreaking to hear what you've been through, you and all of those other families." Reflecting on the fateful day, Marcio told the ITV presenters that he was awoken by a neighbour in the early hours, alerting him to the fire. Cat asked when he realised the gravity of the situation, and Marcio admitted it wasn't until an hour after discovering the blaze, reports Wales Online. He explained: "When I really understood how bad it was, we've had fires in the tower before; it's not generally a problem, it's contained. Of course, that night, it was very different." Marcio recalled the initial moments after opening the door to his neighbour, with the lights still on and being reassured by the 999 operators. He added: "When I first opened the door to my neighbour, the lights were on; I couldn't really see much going on, phones 999, and it was, 'stay put, you're safe there'. Which was fine, and that was the advice we went with." During an intense interview on This Morning, Marcio described the harrowing moment he realised escape was imperative: "It was awful, it was something I'd never experienced before." Viewers of the daytime TV show were informed that Marcio had desperately contacted the fire brigade four times, initially being reassured that assistance was coming, before it became clear they needed to flee. In a terrifying recount, Marcio revealed: "As I looked into our bedroom, the fire came through our window. It set the curtains, the Moses basket, and basically my room alight. "I only had time to close the door, at that point I said, 'We've got to go, it's now or never'. We couldn't stay in the flat anymore." The gripping tale took another turn as Cat explained how Marcio was separated from his children in the thick smoke as they made their way down. However, they were miraculously reunited outside and ushered into an ambulance for safety. This Morning is available to watch on ITVX. Grenfell: Uncovered is available to watch on Netflix from June 20.
