Within months of telling parliament how her home left her in a financial and emotional black hole, Amanda Walker was dead. Her parents are telling her story ⬇️
The news of Tom Mansell's death is absolutely devastating.
Our hearts go out to his family and friends 💔
We have written to Michael Gove about Tom’s tragic death - our letter will be published shortly.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
The cladding scandal is all over news headlines again today.
We'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to all the journalists who have been covering this story so far 🙏
#EndOurCladdingScandal
We're incredibly disappointed with the outcome of today's debate.
Tonight, millions of leaseholders will go to sleep in their unsafe homes, feeling abandoned by their government.
We're taking stock and will be back for the fight tomorrow.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
This was the Houses of Parliament last night!
4 years on from
#Grenfell
, despite numerous opportunities, the very people in this building continue to fail to protect innocent leaseholders. We sent them a strong message.
Official video coming soon.
#WeAreTrapped
Imagine receiving a bill for £208k when your flat is worth £230k
Imagine using your retirement funds to buy a flat and then finding out it is worth £0
Imagine facing bankruptcy because you’re being held responsible for dodgy developers cutting corners
We’re glad to see today’s motion has passed and thank many of those involved in today’s debate for holding the government to account.
However, we now need firm action; that action must not be a
#CladdingTax
, but must protect leaseholders from all costs.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
It seems there's no stopping the news coverage this week.
We'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to all the journalists who have been covering this story so far 🙏
#EndOurCladdingScandal
We can confirm that our meeting with
@RobertJenrick
has been arranged & is to be held next week.
We thank Mr Jenrick for now agreeing to meet us to discuss this crisis & the serious & life-changing impacts on residents.
We will not stop fighting until we
#EndOurCladdingScandal
This claim by
@mhclg
is incorrect.
On 28/09, we requested a meeting with
@RobertJenrick
. We reiterate that we have seen no response.
His meeting with leaseholders is welcome; we note that this was arranged within 3 days. When will our meeting take place?
#EndOurCladdingScandal
NEW
Yesterday we had our first meeting with the new Secretary of State, together with
@claddag
&
@LKPleasehold
.
@MichaelGove
told us he was in listening mode and promised to meet us again within a month.
We found the meeting constructive and look forward to working with him.
Our letter to
@michaelgove
about the devastating news of Tom Mansell’s death. “This is not the first letter
@luhc
has received from us, but it is the saddest. It is also written by campaigners at their very angriest.”
#EndOurCladdingScandal
To any leaseholder feeling discouraged after the events of this week, just know that we will not stop fighting to
#EndOurCladdingScandal
until the crisis is fully resolved 💪
The tide is turning. We have so much support and it continues to grow everyday.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
With the McPartland Smith amendment due to be debated in the Commons today, we’ve heard that
@team_greenhalgh
and
@RobertJenrick
are desperately trying to rally the troops to vote down the amendment.
A plea to all MPs: please do not fall for it. Please do the right thing.
Today is the day that the Fire Safety Bill is back in the House of Commons.
For the last 3.5 years we've been waiting for the government to do the right thing.
Today, it's down to our MPs. We hope, with all our hearts, that they will vote to support us.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
We would like to thank
@MichaelGove
for a constructive meeting today.
This is our statement following his speech in the House of Commons
#EndOurCladdingScandal
This afternoon, the Lords defeated the Government – for a very significant third time – on the Bishop of St Alban’s amendment to protect the innocent victims of the UK-wide building safety scandal from huge and unaffordable costs. 1/
We have met with
@RobertJenrick
&
@team_greenhalgh
.
Disappointingly, we have learned nothing new. We remain unconvinced that they understand the full scale & scope of the issue.
Too much time spent on non-existent "updates", not enough on solutions.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
📢 📢📢
We got together to
#EndOurCladdingScandal
Now, we all know it's not just about cladding: the UK is facing a massive
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
Today is a milestone in our campaign:
OUR WEBSITE IS LIVE
👇👇👇👇👇
Imagine how it feels to no longer feel safe in your own home.
It only takes one spark to turn our matchstick homes into a death trap.
Together, we’re powerful enough to get justice.
Join our fight - email your MP at
#WeAreTrapped
#EndOurCladdingScandal
Our team is taking a break and will be back on 4 Jan.
Thank you for your support this year. Together, we
secured the £1bn non-ACM fund, £30 million interim measures fund, coverage from many major newspapers and TV channels and helped residents to feel that they are not alone.
📢
@UKHouseofLords
supports the amendment to protect leaseholders from costs by 329-247, with a majority of 82 (86 last time, 78 the time before)
Not one single speech supporting the Government position in either chamber today
Over to you
@RobertJenrick
#FireSafetyBill
Sir
@Keir_Starmer
on
@LBC
this morning described the cladding scandal as an "intolerable situation" & "huge injustice". We agree.
@UKLabour
will force a vote in HoC on Monday around protecting leaseholders & providing up front funding. Thank you Sir Keir.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
Today we relaunch the
#EndOurCladdingScandal
campaign and call on the government to follow these 10 steps to make this happen.
Please watch our video by clicking on the below link 👇🏼
🚨 BREAKING NEWS:
We are pleased to report that
@NorgesBank
has replied to our letter
They have also confirmed that they are happy to meet us next week to listen to what victims of the building safety crisis have to say.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
👇
🔴 NEW:
Today we are resetting our campaign to give a clear focus on what needs to happen next to end this scandal for good.
Our letter to
@MichaelGove
👇
#EndOurCladdingScandal
"On his first day in the job on Thursday, Gove will witness the impact of the unresolved post-Grenfell building safety crisis, as hundreds of leaseholders facing bills of up to £200,000 each protest in Westminster."
#LeaseholdersTogether
STATEMENT on the
#FireSafetyBill
'The issues at the heart of the building safety crisis are very simple – they are of fairness and of political choice: will leaseholders be protected from ruinous costs to fix a scandal not of their making?
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THREAD
Our statement following Today's announcement in the House of Commons:
"The Government promised us no leaseholder would have to pay to make their homes safe. Today we feel betrayed. 1/
Very interesting to hear
@RobertJenrick
state that he has responded to the letter from all
#EndOurCladdingScandal
groups while speaking to
@NickFerrariLBC
on
@LBC
this morning.
This was categorically untrue.
We have received no response from Mr Jenrick on this urgent matter.
Three simple asks from
@Keir_Starmer
and
@UKLabour
.
Yes, it is a complex problem and no, it won’t be solved overnight. But this should not be an excuse for
@BorisJohnson
to avoid committing to these three things.
A fair solution can and must be found.
Thank you, Sir Keir🙏🏼
It is highly unusual for a bill to be sent back to the Commons twice & the Lords will not be able to do so again
👉 The majority of MPs have constituents living in firetrap flats; it is now down to them to join our fight for fairness
#EndOurCladdingScandal
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
As the re-tabled McPartland Smith Amendment returns to the House of Lords next Wed 17th March we thank
@SMcPartland
for his support and profound understanding of the
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
and the intolerable situation many leaseholders find themselves in
#EndOurCladdingScandal
💛💛💛 Today is
#WorldMentalHealthDay
and we want the thousands of leaseholders affected by the cladding and fire safety scandal to know that you are not alone.
Together we are stronger. It's time to
#EndOurCladdingScandal
.
Those affected by Grenfell should be the ones who decide when the tower is brought down, not
@mhclg
And this should only happen once plans for a memorial are underway
Solidarity with
@GrenfellUnited
💚
We welcome the return of
@michaelgove
to
@luhc
Mr Gove was instrumental in resetting the approach to building safety. We look forward to working with him again to ensure the leaseholder protections take hold and the gaps in those protections are mitigated.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
@MichaelGove
has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
@LUHC
.
#Reshuffle
We have been contacted by residents, who have been invited to a 'Building Safety' virtual meeting with
@RobertJenrick
on Thursday.
Despite numerous attempts, we have still received no reply to our 28/09 letter.
We have sent the attached today. Please stop avoiding us, Robert.
'The government must make builders pay for their greed'.
We're hoping that cross party action takes place to ensure those who caused this scandal pay to rectify it.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
We hope all victims of the fire in New Providence Wharf are okay
Grenfell was almost 4 years ago. How is it acceptable that works on some of the UK’s most dangerous buildings haven’t even begun❓
It’s only a matter of time before this happens again
#EndOurCladdingScandal
"Do you know what else is a scandal? That while Johnson was racking up an estimated £200,000 on home decor, his government was pushing through a post-Grenfell fire safety bill that threatens ordinary leaseholders with financial ruin"
#CladdingScandal
👇 PLEASE READ AND SHARE 👇
We have written a letter to our Prime Minister.
Dear
@BorisJohnson
,
We are writing to ask, to beg, you to please take control of this national crisis.
We are emotionally, physically, financially, and mentally trapped.
📢 We will be meeting
@michaelgove
on Monday morning & will hear what he has to say
This may be a step in the right direction, but the devil's in the detail
Leaseholders need protection in law + more urgent action on the ground 👇
#EndOurCladdingScandal
📢 This is not an acceptable solution to the
#claddingscandal
.
We will not pay for the errors of failed regulations, unsafe products, or cost cutting developers.
Those responsible should pay, not the victims.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
📣📣📣 Very quick & easy link to Email your MP to support the Labour motion AND the amendments to the FSB (incl McPartland Smith) 👇:
VERY IMPORTANT: Take 2 mins - 1. Click Above Link & Send
2. Send to Friends & Family to do same
#EndOurCladdingScandal
🗣️🗣️🗣️ END OUR CLADDING SCANDAL MEETING
TY to our partners for another important evening meeting.
We discussed our meeting with
@RobertJenrick
tomorrow. And the need for consistent and positive engagement to drive real change on this critical issue.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
This is outrageous. ❌
1. There is no way leaseholders could have foreseen that their buildings had not been built to regulations.
2. We are not asking for taxpayers to pay. We are asking for those responsible to pay.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
#EndOurCladdingScandal
One of the most outrageous Tory MP replies I’ve received to date, suggesting we took this risk by buying a flat so more fool us. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
@Conservatives
#EndOurCladdingScandal
'Two thirds of Conservative MPs said leaseholders should not pay any building safety costs'.
The implications of leaseholders being forced to pay could trigger a financial crash - it's imperative the
#McPartlandSmith2
gains a majority.
#NotJustCladding
We must offer our sincere thanks & heartfelt appreciation for the Councils that have formally pledged their support to our campaign to
#EndOurCladdingScandal
Thank you from millions of leaseholders from across the United Kingdom ❤
After government failed yet again to amend the Fire Safety Bill to protect leaseholders, the bill will return to the
@UKHouseofLords
on 17 March.
We thank our friends & fellow campaigners in HoL for their tireless efforts to secure a meaningful and fair amendment to the bill.
We know people are big fans of 3-word slogans, so we've got one of our own!
Neither leaseholders nor taxpayers should be burdened with the cost of fixing this issue in the long-term.
#ReplacePaceChase
#EndOurCladdingScandal
Yes! The
@BishopStAlbans
amendment to the
#FireSafetyBill
passes by 326 to 248 votes 💪💪💪
The bill will return to
@HouseofCommons
soon & the Govt will not be able to avoid a vote this time
📧 Please make sure your MP knows which way to vote!
2️⃣ years since Michael Gove’s reset.
💰 We're still paying to fix problems we didn’t cause.
⌛ The firms that profited still sit on their hands.
❌ Promises to make product manufacturers pay “instead of leaseholders” have been broken.
Innocent leaseholders are
#StillTrapped
‘We will take action to end this scandal and protect leaseholders.’
Today Levelling Up Secretary
@michaelgove
resets the government’s approach to building safety - protecting leaseholders and holding developers to account.
📢📢📢
We are organising a RALLY with all our partners
The event will be held in the summer
It would take place on a weekday to ensure MPs are present in Westminster
We need to estimate the level of interest to help with our planning
#NotJustCladding
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We're old enough to remember when
@michaelgove
raised hopes by confirming to
@hilarybennmp
that yes, he would publish a series of proposals to resolve the burden of the
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
on leaseholders
Yes, he said. Before the Christmas recess 👇
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‼️ MEDIA COVERAGE ‼️
Here is a summary of the media coverage of the
#CladdingScandal
over the last few days.
Public support is growing and media coverage is overwhelmingly sympathetic.
Thank you to all the journalists and to everyone who has shared their stories.
Today's
@team_greenhalgh
@mhclg
meeting has now been postponed.
This is due to our repeated requests for
@hmtreasury
to join the meeting finally being accepted.
It should now take place on 19/04 and we will highlight the unfairness of the VAT & IPT we are being forced to pay.
Thank you
@SadiqKhan
.
@RobertJenrick
@team_greenhalgh
should be asking who should pay, and who can pay. Builders have profited from failing to make sure homes are safe and should contribute to fixing them.
The 19th of April is the date the Fire Safety Bill returns to the House of Lords.
We hope that this round of ping-pong finally leads to decisive, fair action to protect leaseholders.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
#NotJustCladding
We are still trapped. Robert Jenrick's additional cladding funding will not
#EndOurCladdingScandal
.
We need all our elected representatives to support us tomorrow.
As we approach the new year, we are still waiting for
@RobertJenrick
to stop waiting for building owners to do the right thing. Almost 1 year on from this statement, leaseholders are still living in unsafe homes and are still facing costs.
🎉 We have news!
💪 A welcome energy boost before the Building Safety Bill returns to Parliament next week!
🏆 We're pleased to announce the
#EndOurCladdingScandal
campaign has been Highly Commended in the
@YourUKParl
Awards, in the Digital Campaign of the Year category.
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Once again, the House of Lords has amended the
#FireSafetyBill
to protect leaseholders & we expect it to return to the Commons soon
📧 Please urge your MP to do the right thing. Links to our new templates 👇
YOU
FRIENDS & FAMILY
30-year loans to leaseholders are NOT a solution to the cladding crisis
@team_greenhalgh
@RobertJenrick
Leaseholders did NOT cause this crisis
We will NOT accept loans to pay for developers cutting corners and failed regulations.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
🔴 Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the fire in Dagenham this morning.
The number one priority is that all affected residents are safe and well and get the support and answers they need.
Action to make our homes safe remains urgent - and the pace must accelerate.
Thank you
@MikeAmesburyMP
for reminding
@RobertJenrick
of the housebuilders' £15bn profit since Grenfell, fuelled recently by the Stamp Duty cut (& historically through Govt-backed schemes).
Mr Jenrick says those who created the situation will pay for it.
That is just not true.
'No-one will have to pay more than £50 a month.'
Not only is this morally wrong regardless, it's incorrect.
Leaseholders continue to receive bills for 1000s and blocks continue to be rejected from the BSF.
#EndOurCladdingScandal
#NotJustCladding
[BREAKING]
"The Law Society of England and Wales is calling on the UK government to protect leaseholders from the costs of making their homes safe from potentially deadly cladding"
Will
@BorisJohnson
@RishiSunak
finally listen?
#EndOurCladdingScandal
Does
@RobertJenrick
need reminding of his own words? 👀
Fire does not discriminate based on a building’s height ❌
Leaseholders in buildings of ALL heights must be protected from paying for fire safety defects. Yesterday’s announcement will definitely not
#EndOurCladdingScandal