Awaab Ishak: Money buys better health – the tragic death of a toddler proves it
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The problems they face aren’t just extreme damp and mould but infestations and freezing temperatures – these are homes without the basic amenities for modern life. Mould is one of the most widespread problems affecting British housing, thanks to our damp climate, poor building standards and substandard efforts are retrofitting older buildings. To keep up to speed with all the latest opinions and comment sign up to our free weekly Voices Dispatches newsletter by clicking here By the end of Blair’s tenure, 90 per cent of social homes met the original standard even though it had taken herculean efforts, including controversial council housing sell-offs, to finance the work to get there.
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