Grenfell Tower

[motorbiking]

I know it will be a surprise. But I agree with Angela Rayner on this:

Grenfell families accuse ministers of 'ignoring' them as tower block to be dismantled

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner met with families of the 72 people who died in the fire to inform them of the decision

www.standard.co.uk

You can't leave it there forever.

obviously in other news she's stitching up democracy with her carefully selected devolution targets, but on Grenfell, I think she has it right.

 

[Ihavenojob]

People die every day in all sorts of structures-cars, boats, aeroplanes and many buildings. You can't just leave the remains of the places people die or you'll have the world littered with piles of decaying junk. But what to do with the place when it's demolished? Would people be happy to live in a rebuilt block, or other accommodation built on the site? I would suggest a garden of remembrance, I don't think the footprint of the building is going to make a huge difference if not used for housing.

 

[Notch7]

obviously in other news she's stitching up democracy with her carefully selected devolution targets

The Tories have been gerrymandering for years, so it’s time the other side levelled up.

 

[MNW67]

obviously in other news she's stitching up democracy with her carefully selected devolution targets

This has passed me by. Do you have a link to a story about the stitch up?

 

[motorbiking]

The Tories have been gerrymandering for years, so it’s time the other side levelled up.

its your council tax that will go up.

 

[motorbiking]

This has passed me by. Do you have a link to a story about the stitch up?

Devolution revolution: six areas to elect Mayors for first time

Deputy Prime Minister brings six areas onto the Devolution Priority Programme with Mayors to be elected by May 2026 plus four new devolved institutions created.

www.gov.uk

You are welcome to look into the make up of the council in each.

 

[MNW67]

Devolution revolution: six areas to elect Mayors for first time

Deputy Prime Minister brings six areas onto the Devolution Priority Programme with Mayors to be elected by May 2026 plus four new devolved institutions created.

www.gov.uk

You are welcome to look into the make up of the council in each.

Can you just tell me very briefly what the plot is so I don't need to?

 

[motorbiking]

Target vulnerable labour councils, get them to agree to have Mayoral elections in exchange for not being put before voters, giving Labour a chance to improve their ratings.

 

[gas112]

Devolution revolution: six areas to elect Mayors for first time

Deputy Prime Minister brings six areas onto the Devolution Priority Programme with Mayors to be elected by May 2026 plus four new devolved institutions created.

www.gov.uk

You are welcome to look into the make up of the council in each.

our council was in for this with a few neighbouring ones thank christ they got a knock back

 

[MNW67]

Target vulnerable labour councils, get them to agree to have Mayoral elections in exchange for not being put before voters, giving Labour a chance to improve their ratings.

So the council elections have been cancelled?

 

[motorbiking]

cancelled for 5.5m people

 

[blup]

Keeping re form out is a plus but Ange is genuinely going to rid of County Councils which are traditionally torey run nimby authorities. . It makes economic sense to have unitaries, but devolution as a whole is a con, central government just gets to control finance more efficiently, the big decisions are still taken via central government national development consent orders nationally e.g. regional rail and road schemes, or via national policy e.g. strategic housing targets and new settlements. Not against that, but it is still top down.

 

[denso13]

So the council elections have been cancelled?

No, put back twelve months where the case is made for it.

 

[motorbiking]

I'm not sure you can justify the economic sense to those whose council taxes will rise to find the extra layer.

 

[Deleted member 265726]

I am in one of these areas and I have to say this is the first I knew about it. I am not happy.