Nearly 100 buildings owned or managed by councils and housing associations have failed the latest fire safety tests conducted in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. The independent expert panel on safety put together by the Department for Communities and Local Government recommended in July that a new test should be conducted on high-rise…
Freedom of Information requests by the Welsh Conservatives have uncovered the shocking extent of taxpayer subsidies for Trade Union activities in the Welsh public sector. We contacted the 38 public bodies in Wales – including the Welsh Government, 4 police forces, 7 local health boards and 22 local authorities – requesting information about union facility…
This summer Shelter Cymru produced a short film titled ‘Call it a day.’ This is aimed at helping housing and housing support staff to better understand the issues that LGBT+ people face when seeking their help. Please feel free to use and pass on to anyone you think would benefit, and if you do we…
Amateur footballers have issued a threat of judicial review against the London Borough of Islington over its plan to relocate indoor pitches at the Sobell leisure centre and replace them with trampolines.The football teams say they have used the centre for decades and should have been consulted over the relocation, which they say would be…
