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Morning Briefing: Grenfell residents petition parliament
Grenfell residents petition Theresa May on inquiry role, and a rise in the number of homes sit empty in Wales
In the news
Grenfell Tower residents have warned the prime minister they may not take part in the upcoming public inquiry into the fire unless the judge leading it gives them more direct involvement, The Guardian reports.
Issuing a joint statement for the first time since the tragedy, 50 bereaved families and a large number of survivors launched a petition calling on the prime minister to “take urgent action to restore our faith” in the inquiry.
Elsewhere, the BBC reports that there are 23,000 homes sitting empty in Wales, with some councils bringing less than 1% back into use.
Housing charity Shelter Cymru told the BBC: “Empty homes are a blight on the community and a total waste of resource. They attract vandalism and vermin.”
On social media
Masterly inactivity or a new dawn?: Labour and the regulation of private renting t.co/f0PD9jfL6V
— LSE Politics&Policy (@LSEpoliticsblog)Masterly inactivity or a new dawn?: Labour and the regulation of private renting https://t.co/f0PD9jfL6V
— LSE Politics&Policy (@LSEpoliticsblog) December 1, 2017
And Knightstone’s chief executive is taking a look back at the founding of the welfare state:
An end to ’want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness’: why the Beveridge report flew off the shelves in 1942 t.co/IapU0wUDFn via @ConversationUK #ukhousing #nhs #welfare
— Nick Horne (@Knightsinwhites)An end to 'want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness': why the Beveridge report flew off the shelves in 1942 https://t.co/IapU0wUDFn via @ConversationUK #ukhousing #nhs #welfare
— Nick Horne (@Knightsinwhites) December 1, 2017
