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Lisa Nandy speaks on stage at the Labour Party conference in Brighton. Picture date: Monday September 27, 2021.
LABOUR called for urgent action today to give renters and leaseholders greater powers and security at home ahead of a debate marking five years since the Grenfell Tower blaze.
Shadow levelling up and housing secretary Lisa Nandy laid out a series of measures ahead of a parliamentary debate on building safety, pushing for cross-party promises to fix the broken housing system.
The party is urging the government to introduce a second Bill on leaseholder reform to end “outdated” rules which deny people security and control over their homes.
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