The housing secretary slams the south London council for failing to fix a leaking roof for five years.
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Michael Gove has slammed a south London council after it failed to fix a mother's leaking roof for five years. The housing secretary accused Lambeth Council of having "failed your residents yet again" in a letter dated 16 August.Lambeth Council declined to comment on Mr Gove's latest letter.Mr Gove said he expected the council to "implement changes as soon as possible," adding he would continue to take a "personal interest" in whether residents noticed an improvement.
The council had taken five months to act on a safeguarding enquiry from her son's primary school about black mould and a broken window pane in the property.to tenants after the ombudsman found severe failings in three separate cases.over concerns about how it handled a resident's complaint.
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