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Morning Briefing: one in five children in ‘devastating’ persistent poverty

One in five children across the UK are affected by “devastating and persistent poverty”, and other housing news

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In the news

HuffPost follows up on a report from the Archives of Disease in Childhood which concluded that a fifth of all children live in “devastating” poverty until the age of 14.

The report, which examined data from 10,652 children, found that those who had experienced poverty were three times more likely to experience mental health problems than children who had never experienced poverty.

Following the report, the research team called for “a renewed commitment” by the UK government to prioritise ending child poverty.

This morning there has also been further coverage of the legal action being carried out by Grenfell survivors against Arconic, Celotex and Whirlpool.

Sky News, among others, reported last night that more than 200 survivors and relatives are now taking legal action on 143 counts of wrongful death and product liability.

On Monday, the BBC broke the news of the legal steps being taken by survivors.

Arconic manufactured the building’s cladding, Celotex supplied the insulation and a Whirlpool fridge-freezer is believed to have started the blaze.

It comes as the government has taken the “unprecedented” step of ordering Whirlpool to recall up to 500,000 tumble dryers over fire safety concerns, per The Guardian.

Meanwhile, with the two-year anniversary of the fire tomorrow, BBC News reports on the community projects dedicated to the victims of Grenfell.

Elsewhere, Bellway – the same developer that built the block of flats in Barking partly destroyed in a huge fire on Sunday – has blamed delivering more social housing units on a fall in the value of its order books, according to The Times.


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In Scotland, Holyrood’s Social Security Committee of MSPs has said that immediate action is needed to tackle rising rent arrears as a result of Universal Credit, The Herald reports.

And in London, the Sutton & Croydon Guardian reports that Croydon Council has agreed to sell 60 sites to its development company Brick by Brick, with plans for 502 new homes.

The Yorkshire Post carries a story on a senior Leeds City Council councillor’s concerns after the authority had its flexible homelessness support grant slashed by £600,000 for 2019/20.

Meanwhile, protestors set up outside Newham Council’s offices yesterday to complain about the quality of temporary accommodation, per the Newham Recorder.

In other news, The Guardian reports that the Competition and Markets Authority is set to investigate potentially misleading practices and unfair terms in the leasehold market.

And finally, CityMetric carries a piece on the wider implications of housing inequality.

On social media

People affected by the cladding scandal have produced a new video describing the mental impacts of living in an unsafe building:

What’s on

  • It’s the second day of the Housing Scotland conference in Glasgow
  • The National Housing Federation’s Housing Governance conference kicks off in London this morning
  • There is a Westminster Hall debate at 9.30am on domestic abuse and homelessness, and another at 4pm on the accountability and role of housing associations
  • MPs will also hold an opposition day debate on inequality and social mobility in the House of Commons this afternoon
  • The Work and Pensions Select Committee is taking more evidence on Universal Credit and “survival sex” at 9.45am
  • The Public Accounts Committee will hold an evidence session on the sale of public land at 3.15pm, with Homes England chief executive Nick Walkley among those giving evidence
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