The red tape keeping these flats empty – and threatening Labour’s vital new homes target | Politics News

The red tape keeping these flats empty – and threatening Labour’s vital new homes target | Politics News

There are 1,210 completed homes which cannot be occupied because of delays in the work of the government’s building safety regulator, Sky News can reveal. The safety inspection regime created in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, which claimed 72 lives, is “not fit for purpose”, according to those who depend on its work. Politics…

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Review: ‘The Runarounds,’ set to the soundtrack of a real band, is teen wish fulfillment

Review: ‘The Runarounds,’ set to the soundtrack of a real band, is teen wish fulfillment

Hey, hey, they’re the Runarounds, the latest Pinocchio band to straddle the line between fiction and fact. Meet Charlie (William Lipton), guitar! He’s a romantic! Neil (Axel Ellis), also guitar! Not just a pothead! (He reads Ferlinghetti.) Topher (Jeremy Yun), lead guitar! The quiet one! Wyatt (Jesse Golliher), bass! The even quieter one! And Bez…

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