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Not a social media guru, in Manchester, but love to travel. Have serious issues with leasehold and the cladding scandal #leaseholdscandal #endourcladdingscandal

Manchester, England
Joined July 2014
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@McrCladiators
Manchester Cladiators
16 days
@alex711_k @EOCS_Official @SteveReedMP This unending horror show is also due to the failure of successive governments to regulate. As this principled man recognised some years ago 👇🏽 https://t.co/Ggo8Ffsghq Sadly, principles tend to change with power. Now we're just seeing history repeat itself under @UKLabour
@SteveReedMP
Steve Reed
5 years
The Conservatives have done nothing for 3 years to help leaseholders facing massive bills to remove flammable cladding that only went up because of Government failure. Today's announcement still leaves leaseholders facing debt, bankruptcy and homelessness. Not good enough
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@BH_CAG
Britton House Cladding Action Group
17 days
Not only has our MA @LivingcityGroup set up a company to charge us an extra ÂŁ18 each for fire door inspections they are also charging us for any doors they don't inspect! Not surprising this is standard practice in an industry where we're ripped off at every opportunity @NLC_2019
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@BH_CAG
Britton House Cladding Action Group
20 days
Meanwhile our Gatweway 2 submission was made in February & we're into 2nd 40 day extension forced upon us! @H_S_E can not cope & @HomesEngland @UKLabour must act! 8 years since #grenfell & homes are still unsafe with further delays imposed by @UKLabour @LucyMPowell @AndyBurnhamGM
@PeteApps
Peter Apps
20 days
Manchester's building boom is sometimes called a miracle. Instead, it's created a city of renters and a huge building safety crisis. The last instalment of my high rise trilogy looks at one block emptied two years ago where residents are yet to return: https://t.co/mE6vJGouAP
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@HarryScoffin
Harry Scoffin
25 days
A Labour MP bragging about closed-door lobbying from TPI isn’t the flex he thinks it is. For the full story on this troubling influence campaign by vested interests, watch @FreeLeasehlders’ new film:
@SadikAlHassanMP
Sadik Al-Hassan MP 🌹
26 days
It was great to host a roundtable with The Property Institute to discuss leasehold reform!
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@NLC_2019
NLC - KATIE KENDRICK OBE - LEASEHOLD CAMPAIGNER
22 days
This is the reality for Leaseholders ➡️We are not seeing 👀 change ➡️We are not feeling change Leaseholders have waited long enough 5 MILLION leaseholders will judge @UKLabour by their actions, not their words ⛓️LEASEHOLDERS REMAIN TRAPPED #Lab25 @SteveReedMP @mtpennycook
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@EOCS_Official
End Our Cladding Scandal
28 days
After the debacle of costs for compliance being marketed by govt & the HSE as a cost to industry, when leaseholders were, and still are, clearly on the hook, it is a step forward to see that leaseholders will not be forced to pay for the Remediation Enforcement Unit itself. 1/n
@insidehousing
Inside Housing
28 days
Government says ‘not a penny’ of new remediation unit will be passed on to leaseholders https://t.co/5MYvi1v3hL #ukhousing
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@HarryScoffin
Harry Scoffin
27 days
A QUIET WORD? The government is being blue-pilled by lobbyists, abandoning its manifesto pledge. Vested interests push regulation, not leaseholder liberation. We don’t have cash for influence ops in Parliament - and we’re not former civil servants with insider access.
@FreeLeasehlders
Free Leaseholders
27 days
✊ STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY ✊ @UKLabour is letting shadowy lobbyists drown out the public voice. When former senior civil servants become sector whisperers and cosy up to those drafting consultations, it’s no surprise the policies are rigged! @SteveReedMP @mtpennycook @mhclg
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@SteveReedMP
Steve Reed
6 years
You dismissed terrified residents’ pleas for help for 2 years, the funding you’ve belatedly allocated is insufficient, and you’re still allowing flammable cladding to go up on new buildings including residential blocks, schools and care homes #useless
@theresa_may
Theresa May
6 years
It's of paramount importance that everybody is able to feel and be safe in their homes. That's why we're stepping in to speed up vital safety work. https://t.co/tsDQWWbMPo
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@SteveReedMP
Steve Reed
8 years
.@mhclg say I'm wrong about Govt adviser approving Grenfell-style flammable cladding. Here's his signature on the certificate, the line about multi-storey buildings, and the type of cladding @insidehousing
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@cattwil
Catherine Williams OBE @cathnlc.bsky.social
1 month
Remember all these tweets @SteveReedMP ? You are in the hot seat now and millions of leaseholders are looking to you to put right so many wrongs. Please don't leave it too long or no doubt opposition will throw your words right back at you. @mtpennycook @NLC_2019
@SteveReedMP
Steve Reed
5 years
Good to see Labour’s @rushanaraali expose the Government’s scandalously slow progress in getting flammable Grenfell-style cladding removed from housing blocks
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@Thepulseot
Thepulseoldtrafford
2 months
Almost 2 years now since the initial contact with our developers @AvantHomes and still no sign of any progress. This week we issued our 3rd complaint letter to Ridge Consultancy and also to our MP @AndrewHWestern The developers pledge simply isn't working for us.
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@dannybster
Dan Bruce
2 months
Over a year ago, @Keir_Starmer was clear that: "My constituents cannot be left paying the cost of a broken system" But he's done nothing since; when can we expect you to stand by your words now you have the power, Mr Starmer? @insidehousing @jamesriding10
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@HarryScoffin
Harry Scoffin
3 months
@LukePollard But we don’t want to be chucked extra rights to transparency so we can be serial litigators as part of the “current” leasehold system being ended for a new, similarly abusive version. You manifesto said leasehold would be ended! Your government must not create two-tier.
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@HarryScoffin
Harry Scoffin
3 months
Scary word play from a @UKLabour MP. We don’t want the “current” leasehold system ended. We want residential leasehold ended in its entirety. There must be a mass shift to commonhold. Commonhold shouldn’t just be for new flats. Say No to Two-Tier, Keir! @FreeLeasehlders
@LukePollard
Luke Pollard MP
3 months
Thank you to all the people who attended my public meeting for leaseholders tonight. It’s clear that the current leasehold system is not working and leaseholders are not being treated well in too many circumstances. Good to be able to listen to residents’ concerns tonight.
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@julietMCP2
💚Ex CityPoint2_M3 Resident
3 months
The battle has moved from Parliament to the courts. Leaseholders are under attack—not by democracy, but by Big Freeholders weaponising the legal system. Labour must defend the will of the people. #EndLeasehold @HarryScoffin @LBC
@FreeLeasehlders
Free Leaseholders
3 months
📢 EXCLUSIVE MATTHEW WRIGHT @LBC INTERVIEW Toxic elites don’t need coups in this country. They can take back power through the judiciary. Having lost in elections and lost with Parliament, Big Freeholders now use lawfare! @UKLabour must hold firm and end leasehold for good.
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@cattwil
Catherine Williams OBE @cathnlc.bsky.social
3 months
@CliveWismayer Agree competent managing agents will still be needed under Commonhold but to slur all LHs as wanting something for nothing is out of order. We have evidence in @NLC_2019 of very successful RTM buildings where LHs understand the real cost of services opposed to MA made up ones
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@gqsteve
Stephen Squires
3 months
🚪Fire door checks ‼️ Government guidance is clear, you do not need a specialist 💭Imagine setting up an entire company so you can charge leaseholders even more money ✔️That's just what our Managing Agent has done #leaseholdscandal #EndOurCladdingScandal @NLC_2019 @McrCladiators
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@dominicahern
Dominic Ahern
3 months
Just written my first Substack article on how the Grenfell Web of Blame continues. As the govt chooses not to tackle building safety head on, this is causing market failure, exactly what they want to avoid … Pls like & share 🙏 https://t.co/DrQ7x9SBRs
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@BH_CAG
Britton House Cladding Action Group
3 months
How many more little fires? Near misses? 8 years after Grenfell our homes are still unsafe & remediation stuck in Gateway 2 If this hadn't been spotted by a resident things could be a lot worse What will it take to finally fix our homes? #EndOurCladdingScandal @McrCladiators
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@PhilH23
VirtualVirgil
3 months
Sadly spot on from @dominicahern - they’ll only learn when the market crashes.
@dominicahern
Dominic Ahern
3 months
Just written my first Substack article on how the Grenfell Web of Blame continues. As the govt chooses not to tackle building safety head on, this is causing market failure, exactly what they want to avoid … Pls like & share 🙏 https://t.co/DrQ7x9SBRs
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