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TWO-THIRDS OF ENGLISH COUNCILS HAVE NOT PROSECUTED A SINGLE LANDLORD IN PAST THREE YEARS

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✍️ Two-thirds of councils in England have not prosecuted a single landlord in the past three years, despite receiving 300,000 complaints from tenants living in unfit homes.

👉 Two-thirds of councils in England have not prosecuted a single landlord in the past three years 👉 300,000 complaints from tenants living in unfit homes 👉 Only 640 landlords were prosecuted, and 4,702 civil penalty notices were issued 👉 Councils received £26.4m in fines from 2022 to 2024, but the number of landlords punished has barely changed each year 👉 Experts warn that austerity has gutted housing enforcement teams, making it difficult for councils to enforce new tenant rights

-- #NyeJones #TomDarling #TomHunt #HenryDawson #MayaJagger #SteveReed #GavinWhite #England #London #Sheffield #Cardiff #Ealing #Birmingham #Leeds #Streatham #Croydon #Lambeth #Manchester #politics

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✍️ Two-thirds of councils in England have not prosecuted a single landlord in the past three years, despite receiving 300,000 complaints from tenants living in unfit homes.

-- #NyeJones #TomDarling #TomHunt #HenryDawson #MayaJagger #SteveReed #GavinWhite #England #London #Sheffield #Cardiff #Ealing #Birmingham #Leeds #Streatham #Croydon #Lambeth #Manchester #politics

✍️ New measures reveal that almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England live in income-deprived families, with the majority in inner London boroughs.

-- #AlisonMcGovern #England #London #TowerHamlets #Hackney #Haringey #Westminster #Blackpool #Middlesbrough #Burnley #Manchester #Birmingham #Essex #Clacton #StamfordHill #Lambeth #NineElms #Rochdale #Ayresome #BidstonHill #Wirral #MargateTown #politics

✍️ GP surgeries in south London are providing financial advice to help patients manage debt and handle benefits claims, resulting in improved health and reduced stress levels.

-- #Ife #VikeshSharma #MichaelParsons #Lambeth #Southwark #Stockwell #London #health

✍️ Grooming gang victims in the UK have accused the government of trying to manipulate the scope of an inquiry into the abuse, fearing it will deflect attention from Labour-led councils and avoid discussing the ethnicity of perpetrators.

-- #ShabanaMahmood #JessPhillips #KeirStarmer #Elizabeth #FionaGoddard #AnnieHudson #Jessica #UK #WestYorkshire #Lambeth #politics

✍️ A national grooming gang inquiry is facing disruption after one of the two shortlisted candidates to lead it withdrew, citing intense media coverage. Three abuse survivors have resigned from the survivor liaison panel, accusing the government of sidelining them and manipulating the agenda.

-- #KeirStarmer #AnnieHudson #FionaGoddard #EllieReynolds #JessPhillips #JimGamble #ChrisPhilp #Lambeth #Bradford #Rotherham #Belfast #politics

✍️ A thinktank's research suggests that declining birth rates and increased migration could lead to the closure of 800 primary schools in England by the end of the decade.

-- #JonAndrews #PaulWhiteman #LilyWielar #England #London #Islington #Lambeth #Southwark #world

✍️ UK government plans to give mayors more powers over hospitals and schools as part of a new wave of devolution, aiming to empower local communities and improve public services.

-- #SteveReed #AndyBurnham #WesStreeting #AndyHaldane #AndreaJenkyns #LukeCampbell #England #GreaterManchester #Lambeth #Lincolnshire #Hull #politics

✍️ School leaders in England are having to take on multiple roles due to inadequate funding, with 7 in 10 schools struggling with real-term cuts to their budgets since 2010.

-- #ChrisAshley-Jones #ClaireWilson #DanielKebede #PaulWhiteman #England #London #MiltonKeynes #Essex #Birmingham #Kent #Lambeth #education

✍️ UK Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali is facing calls to resign after claims she evicted tenants from her east London property before increasing the rent by almost £700 a month.

-- #RushanaraAli #JamesCleverly #KevinHollinrake #PeterWishart #JessBarnard #MartinAbrams #EastLondon #BethnalGreenandStepney #Lambeth #politics

✍️ More than half of UK councils still use pesticides in public spaces, but many are taking action to reduce or end their use, according to research by the Pesticide Action Network.

-- #NickMole #SiânBerry #UnitedKingdom #London #Paris #France #Denmark #Lambeth #Glastonbury #Lewes #BrightonandHove #environment

✍️ The number of mobile phone thefts in London is increasing, with 16,000 devices stolen last year compared to 2023. The police have confirmed that mobile phone theft is a serious and growing problem.

-- #London #Westminster #Camden #Newham #Southwark #Lambeth #world

✍️ Portraits celebrating the Windrush generation in Brixton were restored after a vandalism attack, with a global outpouring of support.

-- #RosGriffiths #SeemaMalhotra #ClovisSamuel #EdErrington #Brixton #WindrushSquare #Lambeth #Tokyo #HomeOffice #world

✍️ London is considering decriminalizing cannabis, following a report by an independent commission that recommends reclassifying the drug to allow for personal use without penalty.

-- #SadiqKhan #BrianPaddick #LordFalconer #HarryShapiro #DrEmilyFinch #SirRobinMurray #TobySeddon #PierreTrudeau #JustinTrudeau #KamalaHarris #DonaldTrump #London #Lambeth #England #Wales #Portugal #SouthAfrica #Luxembourg #Australia #Canada #Uruguay #Germany #NewYork #Florida #politics

✍️ The organizers of the Brockwell Live music festival series in London have announced that their events will go ahead despite a successful legal challenge against Lambeth council.

-- #MarkRylance #MichaelKill #RebekahShaman #BrockwellPark #Lambeth #London #HerneHill #entertainment

✍️ A campaigner has won a court case against Lambeth council, arguing that music festivals in a south London park are causing environmental damage and noise pollution.

-- #RebekahShaman #MarkRylance #RebeccaTamás #RichardHarwoodKC #MrJusticeMould #BrockwellPark #SouthLondon #Lambeth #entertainment

✍️ A charity is seeking to honor Fanny Wilkinson, the UK's first professional female landscape gardener, by unveiling a statue in one of the 75 London parks she designed over a century ago.

-- #FannyWilkinson #NicolaStacey #LordBrabazon #MillicentFawcett #GillianBrett #London #Myatt'sFieldsPark #MeathGardens #Lambeth #BethnalGreen #Wandsworth #CoronationGardens #environment

✍️ Councils in England are imposing parking surcharges on petrol and diesel vehicles to deter polluting vehicles, with some drivers unaware of the charges until they pay on a parking app.

-- #WillFreeman #England #EastSussex #BathandNorthEastSomerset #London #Lambeth #Bromley #Westminster #environment

✍️ The Local Government Ombudsman criticized Lambeth council for its decisions, citing 'serious failings'.

-- #Lambeth #politics

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✍️ Two-thirds of councils in England have not prosecuted a single landlord in the past three years, despite receiving 300,000 complaints from tenants living in unfit homes.

-- #NyeJones #TomDarling #TomHunt #HenryDawson #MayaJagger #SteveReed #GavinWhite #England #London #Sheffield #Cardiff #Ealing #Birmingham #Leeds #Streatham #Croydon #Lambeth #Manchester #politics

✍️ New measures reveal that almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England live in income-deprived families, with the majority in inner London boroughs.

-- #AlisonMcGovern #England #London #TowerHamlets #Hackney #Haringey #Westminster #Blackpool #Middlesbrough #Burnley #Manchester #Birmingham #Essex #Clacton #StamfordHill #Lambeth #NineElms #Rochdale #Ayresome #BidstonHill #Wirral #MargateTown #politics

✍️ GP surgeries in south London are providing financial advice to help patients manage debt and handle benefits claims, resulting in improved health and reduced stress levels.

-- #Ife #VikeshSharma #MichaelParsons #Lambeth #Southwark #Stockwell #London #health

✍️ Grooming gang victims in the UK have accused the government of trying to manipulate the scope of an inquiry into the abuse, fearing it will deflect attention from Labour-led councils and avoid discussing the ethnicity of perpetrators.

-- #ShabanaMahmood #JessPhillips #KeirStarmer #Elizabeth #FionaGoddard #AnnieHudson #Jessica #UK #WestYorkshire #Lambeth #politics

✍️ A national grooming gang inquiry is facing disruption after one of the two shortlisted candidates to lead it withdrew, citing intense media coverage. Three abuse survivors have resigned from the survivor liaison panel, accusing the government of sidelining them and manipulating the agenda.

-- #KeirStarmer #AnnieHudson #FionaGoddard #EllieReynolds #JessPhillips #JimGamble #ChrisPhilp #Lambeth #Bradford #Rotherham #Belfast #politics

✍️ A thinktank's research suggests that declining birth rates and increased migration could lead to the closure of 800 primary schools in England by the end of the decade.

-- #JonAndrews #PaulWhiteman #LilyWielar #England #London #Islington #Lambeth #Southwark #world

✍️ UK government plans to give mayors more powers over hospitals and schools as part of a new wave of devolution, aiming to empower local communities and improve public services.

-- #SteveReed #AndyBurnham #WesStreeting #AndyHaldane #AndreaJenkyns #LukeCampbell #England #GreaterManchester #Lambeth #Lincolnshire #Hull #politics

✍️ School leaders in England are having to take on multiple roles due to inadequate funding, with 7 in 10 schools struggling with real-term cuts to their budgets since 2010.

-- #ChrisAshley-Jones #ClaireWilson #DanielKebede #PaulWhiteman #England #London #MiltonKeynes #Essex #Birmingham #Kent #Lambeth #education

✍️ UK Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali is facing calls to resign after claims she evicted tenants from her east London property before increasing the rent by almost £700 a month.

-- #RushanaraAli #JamesCleverly #KevinHollinrake #PeterWishart #JessBarnard #MartinAbrams #EastLondon #BethnalGreenandStepney #Lambeth #politics

✍️ More than half of UK councils still use pesticides in public spaces, but many are taking action to reduce or end their use, according to research by the Pesticide Action Network.

-- #NickMole #SiânBerry #UnitedKingdom #London #Paris #France #Denmark #Lambeth #Glastonbury #Lewes #BrightonandHove #environment

✍️ The number of mobile phone thefts in London is increasing, with 16,000 devices stolen last year compared to 2023. The police have confirmed that mobile phone theft is a serious and growing problem.

-- #London #Westminster #Camden #Newham #Southwark #Lambeth #world

✍️ Portraits celebrating the Windrush generation in Brixton were restored after a vandalism attack, with a global outpouring of support.

-- #RosGriffiths #SeemaMalhotra #ClovisSamuel #EdErrington #Brixton #WindrushSquare #Lambeth #Tokyo #HomeOffice #world

✍️ London is considering decriminalizing cannabis, following a report by an independent commission that recommends reclassifying the drug to allow for personal use without penalty.

-- #SadiqKhan #BrianPaddick #LordFalconer #HarryShapiro #DrEmilyFinch #SirRobinMurray #TobySeddon #PierreTrudeau #JustinTrudeau #KamalaHarris #DonaldTrump #London #Lambeth #England #Wales #Portugal #SouthAfrica #Luxembourg #Australia #Canada #Uruguay #Germany #NewYork #Florida #politics

✍️ The organizers of the Brockwell Live music festival series in London have announced that their events will go ahead despite a successful legal challenge against Lambeth council.

-- #MarkRylance #MichaelKill #RebekahShaman #BrockwellPark #Lambeth #London #HerneHill #entertainment

✍️ A campaigner has won a court case against Lambeth council, arguing that music festivals in a south London park are causing environmental damage and noise pollution.

-- #RebekahShaman #MarkRylance #RebeccaTamás #RichardHarwoodKC #MrJusticeMould #BrockwellPark #SouthLondon #Lambeth #entertainment

✍️ A charity is seeking to honor Fanny Wilkinson, the UK's first professional female landscape gardener, by unveiling a statue in one of the 75 London parks she designed over a century ago.

-- #FannyWilkinson #NicolaStacey #LordBrabazon #MillicentFawcett #GillianBrett #London #Myatt'sFieldsPark #MeathGardens #Lambeth #BethnalGreen #Wandsworth #CoronationGardens #environment

✍️ Councils in England are imposing parking surcharges on petrol and diesel vehicles to deter polluting vehicles, with some drivers unaware of the charges until they pay on a parking app.

-- #WillFreeman #England #EastSussex #BathandNorthEastSomerset #London #Lambeth #Bromley #Westminster #environment

✍️ The Local Government Ombudsman criticized Lambeth council for its decisions, citing 'serious failings'.

-- #Lambeth #politics