The UK Labour Party is calling for urgent action to improve home insulation, responding to an 'appalling and avoidable' spike in excess winter deaths related to cold and damp homes. Ed Miliband has underscored the necessity of Labour’s Warm Homes Plan, which aims to upgrade millions of homes to cut energy bills for families. In parallel, MPs are urging the extension of damp and mould safeguards to the private rented sector, following the death of a two-year-old boy in a mouldy home. A committee of MPs has criticized the government for its inaction in implementing measures to protect tenant health in substandard housing, as the UK records alarming winter deaths amidst a housing crisis.
Right to Buy is a broken policy: 🏘️Billions in housing benefit to private landlords 🏘️2 million council homes sold off 🏘️Housing shortages drive up costs & homelessness So today I've tabled a new parliamentary motion to scrap it. If you agree pls ask your MP to sign! https://t.co/fVwGGgjuM4
Poor housing with damp and mould can lead to poor health. By creating better protections for those in the rented sector we can relieve pressure on the NHS and save money on treating people with preventable illnesses. https://t.co/XKDwwZxbMn
The government must stop dragging its feet in implementing measures to protect the health of tenants who live in poor quality housing, a committee of MPs has urged @CommonsHealth https://t.co/W9PkMSiEBi
Strange bedfellows! Day 2 of the Leasehold Bill Committee saw Right wing think tanker, James Vitali from @Policy_Exchange agree that Leasehold was a monopolistic, anti-competitive, rentier system that any free-market capitalist government should abolish! https://t.co/9hH8ShIMT8
❄️ Labour has renewed calls for better home insulation in response to the "appalling and avoidable" increase in excess death estimates due to cold, damp homes https://t.co/XMVDglYoPy
Deadly chill: UK records alarming winter deaths amidst housing crisis and governmental inaction https://t.co/CuNchQaQJW https://t.co/t2iC64SAuB
Extend damp and mould safeguards to private rented sector – MPs https://t.co/Xfz66tsG6y
MPs say any crackdown on landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes following the death of a two-year-old boy must protect private tenants too. https://t.co/aopbvpvlgO
This is an appalling and avoidable tragedy, underlining the urgent need for a renewed national effort to insulate homes and protect the vulnerable in winter. Labour’s Warm Homes Plan would upgrade millions of homes, cutting bills for families. https://t.co/kJKxFJgekZ
🗣️ The Labour Party has argued for better home insulation in response to the "appalling and avoidable" increase in excess death estimates due to cold and damp homes https://t.co/XMVDglYoPy
Today on the Leasehold Bill Committee. The @RFAssociation, who represent the big landlords, tried to persuade us that Ground Rents were justified & pension funds would suffer if they were abolished. Sorry. Not buying it! https://t.co/e9DnBA4jao
Labour says spike in cold deaths underlines urgency of home insulation scheme https://t.co/G3By578iT2