as well the local council was mccambley, that an independent commissioner should be appointed by sajid javido deal with the council's issues on all of this. the government says that will not happen, selling at the short term and that has no plans to appoint any independent commissioners. at the council has come forward with a replacement for the head of the council and we're now told that as elizabeth campbell. she has elected as the new leader of kensington and chelsea council. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.40 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are miranda green

the communities secretary, sajid javid, has said "enough is enough" as he set out how he plans to tackle. i think everyone understands when you buy a flat for example why it's sold, these shared common spaces but we're talking about houses that are being sold, thousands of them for no good reason and then once they are sold, the people that have purchased them are exposed to these ever increasing ground rents, it is not acceptable, it's wrong, enough is enough. we're taking action. what support do you hope to be able to provide for those who are in a situation where they are trapped in a house they can't sell because of this? there are already cases, some million people that have bought houses under those terms, we want to see through this consultation what we can do to help them, one thing that is already happening from the industry is that those responsible developers are already taking action and seeing what they can do but i want to go further, so we have ideas around improving their rights of redress, making sure they have more consumer protection but i also want to hear other peopl

this is something the communities and local government secretary, sajid javid, calls a great scandaly them on a leasehold basis and have the playground rent which can in some cases escalate dramatically. —— pay ground rent. he has written in colourful terms in the day's times. he says if you go to the butcher and buy sausages, you do not get an invoice for the following 100 years. if you buy a bucket and spade, you do not get change of ownership fees when you pass it on. he talks about some examples and one case of 3000% increases in the ground rent to a total of something approaching £10,000. he thinks there is certainly, although there are cases where leasehold arrangements are justified, they are commonly used in flats, he is concerned that in some cases they are being used in an unfairand cases they are being used in an unfair and financially abusive way. aside from making comparisons with sausages and buckets and spades, what is the government proposing to do? we have a consultation paper and one of the things sajid javid says is that if house—builders are not prepared to step o

that has been rejected by councillors and pretty much rejected by sajid javid, as we heard in that reportmmunities secretary. he did say he would be keeping a close eye on what is happening here. in some senses, as far as direct assistance to those affected by the disaster is concerned, it is something of an irrelevance, because a new organisation, gold command, which takes resources drawn from across london, is helping out those affected, but the symbolism is important. going forward, decisions made about what was —— what will happen to grenfell tower randy area in the surroundings, they will come back to kensington and chelsea town hall. we will wait to see who is elected next week by the conservative group that controls the council, what kind of effectiveness they have, and whatjudgment the government makes us to the future of this council. let's get the latest on the political reaction. let's talk now to our political correspondent, iain watson. the government is saying they will keep a close eye on kensington and chelsea. watmore have they been saying? that is right, they will contin

is he gets, as long as sajid javid is secretary, he will continue to press the time.se and some sunshine but also downpours, particularly by the time we get to thursday. across northern ireland and later in the night, the rain spreads to southern scotland and north of england. warm and muggy and the south with temperatures falling now lower than 15 or 16 degrees. through the day and tuesday, three zones through the day and tuesday, three zones of weather. warm and muggy in the south commode wet weather. then a slow—moving weather front, and fresher in northern ireland with showers. a damp morning in dumfries and black galloway, cumbria as well. and then down to wards the midlands and the south—west, a largely dry day with sunshine breaking through. cloud in the midlands but for ease anglia and the south—east, there will be sunshine from the word go. it will be slow—moving, rain will affect northern ireland and scotland and england too. we have fresher conditions in scotland, sunshine with conditions around 13 to 15 degrees. further south, we may well see 25 celsius to

the local government secretary, sajid javid.ief of staff to the brexit secretary has said negotiations with the eu are being "hamstrung" by theresa may's lack of flexibility. james chapman worked closely with david davis, and told the bbc that the red lines set by the prime minister had made his former boss's job very difficult as he conducts talks with the european union. earlier, i asked our political correspondent jonathan blake to expand onjames chapman's latest comment. he specifically talks about the european court ofjustice, which is the eu's highest court. the eu has said quite clearly that it wants it to have a role and expects it to have a role in guaranteeing the rights of eu citizens living in the uk post—brexit, but theresa may has been very clear that it should have no jurisdiction in the uk. many people who voted leave may well agree with that, thinking that if we are leaving the eu then there should be no authority there. but he spoke quite strongly about some other areas where he thinks david davis' job has been

the telegraph writes that communities secretary sajid javid is to force wealthy rural areas to buildn headlines a plea by doctors in the us and the vactican to save the life of charlie gard. that is after the public raised £1.3 million to help pay for his treatment. the daily mail has a 4—page spread dedicated to charlie gard and his family after, it says, the pope's spokesperson vote to ove 1120 m e the pope's spokesperson vote to overcome the british court ruling. the times says the transport secretary, chris grayling, is to announce a £1 billion road—building scheme to help tackle traffic congestion. starting with the big story of the day which a number of newspapers are carrying, the front page of the times. donald trump calls forjune trace is meeting over north korea. they reckon they have the ballistic capability to fire a missile that can hit anywhere on the globe.“ capability to fire a missile that can hit anywhere on the globe. it is the worst that few people want to see ina the worst that few people want to see in a headline, trump and north korea. he has called her again c

and the second thing i'm going to do is to phone up sajid javid, the secretary of state, and ask fording the inquiry into why homes burned down, and why families died, to step aside. a group of lawyers representing some survivors writing to the prime minister with 12 demands, including the removal of sir martin moore—bick. he stated that his remit would be extremely narrow, so people are thinking, well, this is going to be a bit of a whitewash, we don't have confidence in it. but the government is now suggesting his inquiry could be a broad one. he will set out the terms of the inquiry and he is not there yet. he should take the right amount of time necessary and make sure the inquiry is very broad and it's to the satisfaction of the victims and their families and friends. today at the inquest, two more victims were identified, ali jafari's wife and two daughters escape from the tenth floor but the 81—year—old did not survive. 26—year—old italian gloria trevisan died with her partner, marco. she called her parents as the flames spread, telling them, "i'm sorry i could never hug you a

is a scheme that people are: greedy and nobody seems to have highlighted it before and i think sajid javid good job, bringing it to our attention and using colourful language that will catch the eye and saying enough is enough, if house—builders aren't prepared to step off the ground rent gravy train, i will derail it and that will go down well with the people who are in it and that is 43% of new builds being leaseholds, an extraordinary percentage of the market. it has put people in a horrible position but one has to point out that they took the decision to take that misprision of the under professional advice and they have something to answer to. —— take that position. they are saying you can buy it but it is 2,000 and then a few years down the line, it isa then a few years down the line, it is a lot more. i'm not going to blame the people hoodwinked into these deals but if they were professionally advised and it wasn't flagged to them properly, someone has to suffer that. there may be more legal action on that, you are right. in the times, anti-fracking police chief accused of pulling f

we will be speaking to sajid javid soon. we will be speaking to sajid javid soon.s morning on eastern coasts, but the cloud will break up this afternoon. elsewhere, starting off with sunshine and you will probably end the day with sunshine as well. maybe the odd shower in south—west england later this afternoon. one or two showers may be in wales as well. hit and miss. for most, dry. much more sunshine in east anglia, the south—east of england. warmer here too. north—west england, wales, much of scotland, dry with the sunshine, the odd shower in central scotland. perhaps a little bit chilly on the coast across eastern scotland. through this evening and tonight, fairly quiet across eastern areas. in the west, this band of rain moving its way in, it will not be a cold night, temperatures way up into double figures. the chilliest of the weather in the far east. for wednesday, the area of low pressure, quite deep for the time of year, throwing weather fronts across the uk. heavy rain for a time on wednesday across scotland, northern england. rain more patchy in wales,

in a statement, sajid javid said: kensington and chelsea council is welcoming what it called help fromernment here, saying the scale of the disaster had made it difficult to cope alone. but the decision to order in a new team gives the sense the authority has badly handled the aftermath of the fire. with residents still traumatised and waiting to be rehoused, and scepticism about the public inquiry, its chairsirmartin moore—bick has this afternoon said he would like to hear suggestions about the questions he should be seeking to answer. there are no shortage of those. andy moore is at grenfell tower. we heard labour's shadow housing minister in the commons earlier saying that the government will now bejudged on not its words, but actions. what is the sense you have from being read today about how people are feeling about what the government is doing? including this task force? we haven't had much reaction to that today. we've heard in the last few weeks a lot of scepticism about grand statements being made by politicians and what happened on the ground. residents have said that they've

that was sajid javid. let's cross live now to west london and our correspondent richard lister.ult situation and continues to be. what is the latest you are hearing about those attempts to rehouse people? jane, you will recall that when the fire first happened, within a day or so, the government promised everybody made homeless would be given hotel accommodation as quickly as possible, and that within three weeks, they would provide good quality temporary accommodation for those made homeless. that three—week deadline expires tomorrow, of course, and so far, the government says it is meeting its pledges and dealing with it says, households from grenfell tower. it says that of those 158 households, 19 families have said they don't want to talk about that sort of issue at this stage, not being ready for it. they have asked family liaison officers to keep things as they are for now. of the remaining 139 families, the government says it has matched them with temporary accommodation in this area. but, and it is a big but, only nine families have accepted the offer. many families are

the communities secretary sajid javid said that there were 1.2 million cases of houses on leasehold,ng costs was one example of a "broken housing market". jonty bloom reports. newly—built houses in the uk used to be almost totally freehold — you buy the property and the land it's built on — but increasingly house—builders have been selling them leasehold, meaning you don't own the land and have to pay them annual fees. it's a way for builders to make more money. often, the annualfees rise regularly and buying the freehold can be very expensive. katie kendrick owns a leasehold house in ellesmere port near liverpool and wants to buy the freehold but the company which owns it has increased the price from £4000 to £13,000 in less than a year. i've asked the company for a breakdown of how the freehold is calculated, their methodology to the valuation, which they failed to provide me with. they have said i could either go with it or if i challenge it, i will have to take on their legalfees. owners have also found that the ground fees are increasing rapidly, which often makes their property

the second thing i'm going to do is phone up sajid javid, the secretary of state, and ask for more helphe has still to be approved by a meeting of the full council. you will recall there were real problem is the last time the council tried to meet because the media were determined to attend and there were various court room battles in order to ensure that it was enabled. ultimately, when the media got in, the council meeting was abandoned. this time the council will have to formally vote and elected councillor campbell into this new position. because the conservatives have a majority, that will happen but it may be a focus of discontent again because the council is still deeply unpopular over is haggling of the tragedy. as she walked away, councillor campbell told me that we would see, she said, a very different style and that she would be more accessible and able to a nswer would be more accessible and able to answer questions. fair to say that those who were affected by the tragedy will want proof of that before they accept that the council is doing everything they can on their behalf

sajid javid, the communities secretary, making a statement in the house of commons about the grenfell of cladding in other buildings. almost six weeks have passed. progress have been made in helping the survivors and people and surrounding buildings who were affected. landlords across the country have been taking measures to make their buildings say. sir martin moore bic has been appointed to lead a full public enquiry and an independent panel is advising my party on any immediate action required. mr speaker, the disaster at grenfell tower should never have happened. the police investigation and will find out why it did. right now, the immediate aim is to provide assistance to those who were affected and to take every precaution to avoid another tragedy in buildings with similar cladding. the grenfell tower victims association is providing a simple single point of access into government. staff from across government. staff from across government offer support. almost £2.5 million has been distributed from the paul pull £5 million residents to scratch and fun. each household affected i

they have not ducked it, because sajid javid has written a letter, saying it is up to be councils to that councils and housing associations have to pay for it. it is if you're going to be driven to the point of bankruptcy that. to talk about government putting some support in. this is clearly a failure of the system across the board, not just a failure of the system across the board, notjust a local problem, but a national one. it is the government's responsibility to help sort it out, in particular so that hundreds of thousands of residents in the tower blocks around the country, not just the in the tower blocks around the country, notjust the ones in the 60 that may have failed this new type of tests, know where they stand and know that the action needed to make them safe will be taken. just a quick 1—2 finish, there will obviously be a focus on the tower blocks from local councils, but a lot of these tower blocks will be under the supervision of private landlords, who might not be in a rush to replace the cladding. what needs to happen to make sure that they do it in a timely fash

the second thing i'm going to do is phone up sajid javid, the secretary of state, and ask for more helptage what that help will be, but i know that the thing we need is a plan for the community in north kensington and that is what i'm going to do. she has still to be approved by a meeting of the full council. you will recall there were real problems the last time the council tried to meet because the media were determined to attend and there were various court room battles in order to ensure that it was enabled. ultimately, when the media got in, the council meeting was abandoned. this time the council will have to formally vote and elected councillor campbell into this new position. because the conservatives have a majority, that will happen european ministers have refused a request from italy to open up other ports to migrant rescue boats, after the country warned the latest wave of migrants was unsustainable. in germany, 18 people have died in a motorway crash. a bus was carrying close to 50 elderly passengers from saxony, and it hit a truck in northern bavaria. jenny hill has more.

the communities secretary sajid javid said it was right the leader had stepped aside and the government providing all necessary support to people affected by the tragedy. simon jones, bbc news. our correspondent simonjones has been at kensington town hall in west london this morning. just a couple of days after the fire, residents gathered here, some of them ran up the stairs behind me, and got into the council building. they were angry because they felt they haven't been listened to before the fire when they had raised safety concerns, and after the fire they felt they were being ignored by the council, and their anger continues to this day. but for the government to impose commissioners to effectively take over the council is a step to take, because it effectively means they are removing councillors who have been elected, but it has happened in the past, for example in rotherham, where commissioners were sent in because it was considered the council wasn't doing a good enoughjob dealing with child sexual exploitation. but one conservative councillor this morning said that the council

when the communities secretary sajid javid updated mps about re—housing the former grenfell tower residents for words. the first new permanent homes will be available very shortly, and more are being secured, either in kensington and chelsea or very close by. in the meantime, good quality, fully furnished, temporary accommodation in the local area has been offered to every family. emma dent coad. sorry, i'm not sure about the formalities of this, but in some cases, this is due to a single unsuitable offer. the fact that people are refusing these homes is because an unsuitable offer has been made to them. one single, unsuitable offer, and this is absolutely true. i am dealing with cases day by day and i'm amazed that only 22 households have been matched with temporary accommodation, four moved in, and what is going on here? there are empty homes all across the borough and they are still not being taken up. they are being offered unsuitable homes, can the secretary of state please answer what is happening here? i can tell the honourable lady, first of all, there are only 220 temporary homes t

in a statement in the commons, sajid javid said it was vital to find out who was in grenfell tower at may have been people living in flats that were illegally sublet who had no idea of the true status of their tenancy. their families want to know if they perished in the fire. these are their sons, daughters, brothers, sisters. they need closure and it's the least that they deserve. but that can't happen unless we have the information we need. so we are urging anyone with that information to come forward and to do so as quickly as they can. the communities secretary also pledged to meet the deadline for providing residents with temporary accommodation and said it had been right for the leader of kensington and chelsea council to resign. the building research establishment is continuing to test the combustibility of cladding from councils and housing associations, as well as private landlords. so far, all the samples of cladding testing have failed. that's 181 out of 181. it's obviously disturbing that there are such large number of buildings with combustible cladding, and the priority

the communities secretary, sajid javid, said it was right the leader had stepped aside and the governmentned focused on providing all necessary support to people affected by the tragedy. simon jones, bbc news. simon has been at the town hall this morning. a couple of days after the fire residents gathered here, some of them ran up the stairs behind me and got into the council building. they were angry because they felt they hadn't been listened to before they hadn't been listened to before the fire when they raised safety concerns and after the fire they felt they were being ignored by the council and their anger continues to this day. but for the government to impose commissioners, to effectively ta ke impose commissioners, to effectively take over the council, is a step to ta ke take over the council, is a step to take because it effectively means they're removing take because it effectively means they‘ re removing councillors take because it effectively means they're removing councillors who have been elected but it has happened in the past. for example, in rotherham, where commissione

now the communities secretary sajid javid has announced a specialist task force will take over the runningg housing, regeneration and community engagement. kensington and chelsea council is welcoming what it called help from central government here, saying the scale of the disaster had made it difficult to cope alone. but the decision to order in a new team gives the sense the authority has badly handled the aftermath of the fire. with residents still traumatised and waiting to be rehoused, and scepticism about the public inquiry, its chairsirmartin moore—bick has this afternoon said he would like to hear suggestions about the questions he should be seeking to answer. there are no shortage of those. avon and somerset police repeatedly failed a disabled refugee who was beaten to death by his neighbour in bristol four years ago. that is the conclusion of the independent police complaints commission, who say officers ignored bijan ebrahimi's pleas for help for years. mr ebrahimi, originally from iran, made dozens of calls to police to report racial abuse and threats to his life. jon kay repor

they are the folk is as sajid javid said, of all efforts to assist them.joined by someone to assist them. i am joined by someone who was evacuated from a property. thankfully, you were not in grenfell tower. talk to me about the situation for you now. currently there is a lot of help available, especially as the community has organised itself. but there is an issue with accessing it. only people active in the community are able to hear because it is done through word—of—mouth. especially for people in the tower, they are not out there, they are still in bereavement and facing trauma, so to get the word out to them is difficult, to find where they are. unless you're actively searching for it, you will not be receiving it. the efforts to assist people in the area has stepped up significantly over the last couple of weeks, after a faltering start. how is it for you, for others around the tower, as far as those efforts are concerned, are you getting the assistance you need? hammersmith and phil are coming in with social workers and housing people. i have had c

following the grenfell tower fire — the secretary of state for communities and local government, sajid javidvid also confirmed that everyone made homeless by the fire has been made at least one offer of accommodation in the local area. the police continue to list 80 people as either dead or missing, presumed dead. 39 victims have so far been formally identified, with 39 request opened by the coroner and adjourned tending the public enquiry and the police investigation. two adults remain in hospital. i know that some local residents in concerned that the number of people on the tower on the night have been underestimated. i would continue to urge anyone with further information to come forward. we have been very clear that we do not mind if those affected were subletting or have immigration issues. all we care about is getting to the truth. turning to the re—homing programme, eve ryo ne turning to the re—homing programme, everyone who lost their home in g re nfell tower everyone who lost their home in grenfell tower has been made at least one offer of good quality, fully furnished, temporary

sajid javid said it was "right" that nicholas paget—brown stepped down, and said the process to select would be "independent of government". london mayor sadiq khan has called for commissioners to take over the council. frankie mccamley reports. it was the breakdown of this, the first cabinet meeting at the council since the fire at grenfell tower that led to the resignation of its leader, nicholas paget—brown. as council leader, i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings. pressure had been mounting on the council following intense criticism of the way the disaster had been handled from day one. i completely understand the anger, the frustration of the local community. but i..., of course, we were not immediately quick off the ground, it was an enormous tragedy. i don't know if everyone realised how complex and how fast this fire was. i challenge any borough in the whole country to immediately have an action plan they could put into place. the resignation has been welcomed by many including the mayor of london, sadiq khan who in a letter to the prime minis

and the second thing i'm going to do is to phone up sajid javid, the secretary of state, and ask fory into why homes burned down, and why families died, to step aside. a group of lawyers representing some survivors writing to the prime minister with 12 demands, including the removal of sir martin moore—bick. he stated that his remit would be extremely narrow, so people are thinking, well, this is going to be a bit of a whitewash, we don't have confidence in it. but the government is now suggesting his inquiry could be a broad one. he will set out the terms of the inquiry and he is not there yet. he should take the right amount of time necessary and make sure the inquiry is very broad and it's to the satisfaction of the victims and their families and friends. today at the inquest, two more victims were identified, ali jafari's wife and two daughters escape from the tenth floor but the 81—year—old did not survive. 26—year—old italian gloria trevisan died with her partner, marco. she called her parents as the flames spread, telling them, "i'm sorry i could never hug you again. i don't w

in it, the communities secretary sajid javid confirmed that the government thought it right for the councilto the tragedy. he goes on to say that the process of appointing the next leader of kensington and chelsea council will be "independent from government." the council leader and his deputy resigned yesterday. many residents are still affected by the tragedy. yvette williams from the justice 4 grenfell group has been speaking to be bbc about one former resident of grenell tower who is still being charged rent. i was told by a survivor who is currently being housed in a hotel that she has received her bank card and it is a re—issue and when she went to check a statement at the cashpoint, she noticed her rent had been debited. so what is her reaction to that? she is very traumatised. the other thing that doesn't seem to be in place is any kind of complaints procedure with them to immediately go to, so survivors have been relying on the community to come to with those complaints. 0ne community to come to with those complaints. one of the things that the survivors and residents who have been

well, the communities secretary, sajid javid, updated the commons today on grenfell and made the pointsted to handle the recovery on its own. the initial response from the local authority was simply not good enough. there's not a lot of trust there, not a lot of confidence. and that's why, once kensington and chelsea council takes over the recovery operation, it will do so under the supervision of the independent grenfell recovery task force. it is there to provide advice and support and see to it that the council does the job that is required of it. the council has now at least appointed a deputy leader, who is to take responsibility for the grenfell response. his name is kim taylor—smith, and i met him at the council headquarters this afternoon. i asked him where he thought the council had gone wrong in the response to the disaster. i think the mistake was that we thought we could do this on our own and the scale was much, much larger and i think if i was going to point to the biggest thing, we delayed before we started engaging on a national level in getting support. i was talking t

the communities secretary sajid javid has urged anyone who illegally sublet their flat in grenfell towerd chelsea council nicholas paget—brown. at least 80 people are presumed to have died in the fire. mrjavid was updating mps in the house of commons this afternoon. there may have been people living in flats that were illegally sublet who had no idea about the true status of the tenancy. their families want to know if they perished in the fire. these are their sons, their daughters, their brothers, their sisters. they need closure and it's the least that they deserve. but that can't happen unless we have the information we need. so we are urging anyone with that information to come forward and to do so as quickly as they can. mr speaker, the immediate response to the grenfell disaster is being coordinated by the grenfell response team led led by john barrowdale. he is being supported by colleagues from local councils, the wider government support sector, the voluntary sector, police, health and fire services as well as central government. their expertise and hard work is making a huge di

sajid javid, the communities secretary has told the commons that 169 families have been offered accommodationt ruling that means they owe thousands of pounds in parking tickets. on friday, a judge at cardiff civiljustice centre ruled private company indigo could collect the charges from staff. the ruling means 75 people must pay 128 pound per outstanding ticket plus 26 thousand pounds in legal fees. nick palit reports. with staff numbers, patients and visitors in the thousands every day, parking spaces and wales' largest hospital or at a premium. as we reported on friday three hospital staff lost the test case as to whether they and 70 other workers we re whether they and 70 other workers were liable to pay thousands of pounds in parking fines. not really the outcome we wanted. the fines, with what we earn, does not cover the fines. i have to allow 45 minutes, 21—hour extra to park my car every morning. by the time i get to work, there are no parking spaces. i have the park off—site, 20, 25 spaces. i have the park off—site, 20,25 minutes spaces. i have the park off—site, 20, 25 minutes walk a

secretary of state for sajid javid said mps will be keeping a close eye on the council.ve been coping since the tragedy — that's at ten past seven. pressure is growing on theresa may and the chancellor, philip hammond, to lift the 1% cap on pay increases for public sector workers. in a newspaper article today, the environment secretary michael gove suggests ministers should heed the recommendations of the pay review bodies that are currently examining the issue. some backbench tory mps have argued austerity lost the party seats at last month's general election. iraqi forces say they have captured so—called islamic state's main base in mosul after days of intense fighting. the militants have been driven from a hospital compound where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding — but fighting is continuing around part of the old city. three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder — after a 24—year—old man was stabbed to death. officers were called to reports of men fighting in the street at grays in essex on saturday morning. three other men were taken

sajid javid, the communities secretary, has told the commons that 169 families have been offered accommodationa man who‘s terminally ill is challenging the government to try to overturn the ban on assisted dying. noel conway has motor neurone disease, and wants to be able to choose when and where he dies, without putting those who might help at risk of prosecution. the law currently makes it illegal to help someone to die. fergus walsh reports. noel conway increasingly relies on a ventilator to help him breathe. his chest muscles are gradually getting weaker. once fit and active, motor neurone disease has already robbed him of the ability to walk. as the condition progresses, he fears becoming entombed in his body. i will be quadriplegic. in fact, i could be virtually catatonic. i‘ll be conceivably in a locked—in syndrome. that to me would be a living hell. that prospect is just not one i can accept. this issue polarises opinion and to on both sides of the argument were outside court. within the court his lawyers said that the question of what is a dignified death is was a matter for an indivi

earlier the communities and local government secretary sajid javid told the local government associationthe grenfell tower disaster. he told a meeting marking the lga's 20th anniversary the fire at grenfell should simply have not happened, and the response afterwards was not up to scratch. 0ur correspondent is in birmingham where the local government association is holding its conference. pretty firm words from the communities secretary towards the communities secretary towards the lga but then criticism has been levelled at so many places and so many people over the response to grenfell, not least the government itself. yeah, i think the government really ca m e itself. yeah, i think the government really came here today to make a big announcement, which was about £2. 3 billion fund towards infrastructure so billion fund towards infrastructure so they can build more houses, local authorities could build affordable houses, of course everything has been over—shadowed, as has the political landscape of the last couple of weeks, by grenfell. we heard the communities secretary, who was at th

the communities secretary sajid javid said it was right the leader had stepped aside and the governmentned focused on providing all necessary support to people affected by the tragedy. simon jones, bbc news. our correspondent, simonjones is outside kensington town hall this morning — simon, how likely is the government to intervene? appoint commissioners to run the department? this is where president gathered a couple of weeks ago, some ran up the stairs and got into the building. they said their voices are not listened to. they had raised safety concerns before the fire and they said they were ignored after they said they were ignored after the fire. that anger has remained but for a government to step in and remove councillors elected by the public is a big deal. there have been appreciative. a councillor not dealing with child sexual explication and also over what was described as a culture of cronyism. no response from theresa may. but the reality is, whoever takes over has a huge task to restore confidence in the council and build bridges. a man has opened fire inside a hospital in

sajid javid, the communities secretary, has told the house of commons that 169 families have been offeredve accepted and nine families have moved in. earlier, the grenfell response team defended the response tea m response team defended the response team and said that traumatised families could not be rushed into moving to meet after the visual targets and said that most families we re targets and said that most families were holding out for permanent homes, hence those low figures. the 13 men took part in a ferocious attack that left simon dobbin permanently brain—damaged and he has been unable to walk or talk since the attack in southend in 2015. our reporter is at basildon crown court. what has thejudge reporter is at basildon crown court. what has the judge been saying? it has been very very interesting. 13 football hooligans had laughed and joked their way into the dock each morning. this morning it was different. they were facing sentencing. they were facing simon dobbin who suffered severe brain damage after that attack in march, 2015. he cannot walk or talk. he is trapped in his o

the communities secretary, sajid javid, said it was right the leader had stepped aside and the governmentained focused on providing all necessary support to people affected by the tragedy. simon jones, bbc news. how likely is it the government will sendin how likely is it the government will send in commissioners to take over the council? let's speak to our correspondent simonjones outside kensing ston town hall this morning. that place has been the focus of a lot of unrest and protest, hasn't it, over the last ten days or so? yes, this is where angry residents gathered a couple of weeks ago. they actually ran up the stairs behind me and some of them got into the council building. they had said they hadn't been listened to before the fire when they raised safety concerns and they felt after the fire they had been abandoned by the council and that anger remains to this day. but for the government to sendin this day. but for the government to send in commissioners to take over a council is a big deal because effectively they're removing councillors who have been voted for by the public. but

secretary of state for communities and local government sajid javid said mps will be keeping a closed he would like to see external commissioners brought inlj said he would like to see external commissioners brought in. i would like there to be the imposition of commissioners, who will co—operate with the mayor to work on the housing crisis, now we will have elections in six months‘ time, we can go back to democratic control at that point, but for the time b i wa nt that point, but for the time b i want my resident to have decent housing, i want them to be moved out of the hotels i want them to have hot water and i want them to be listened to. iraqi forces say they have captured so—called islamic state‘s main base in mosul after days of intense fighting. the militants have been driven from a hospital compound where several senior i—s leaders were thought to have been hiding — but fighting is continuing around part of the old city. where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding — but fighting is continuing around part of the old city. three men have been arrested on

i told the housing minister, i told sajid javid, i told them face—to—face, i saidi javid, i told them and i know you're going to say what you can to get out of this but please don't like to us. and if you cannot fulfil this, let us know. i've got two kids to worry about and a wife. please don't mess around. there are elderly people, children, disabled people, traumatised people, people of all levels in this. stop playing around with people's emotions. at the end of the day, they are not taking it seriously and there is nothing we can do about it. let me bring in your nephew. thank you for talking to us. you are 15. you see what is happening to your family, how do you cope with this? it is not the easiest thing to cope with. just knowing that your family, your uncle is not all right and not knowing how to help or comfort him, just hoping he will get better. it's difficult. we are going to talk in a few minutes about what you think really could be done right now because there are things we have discussed this morning that are not happening. first, i want to bring our audience that a rep

the communities secretary sajid javid has announced details of the independent grenfell recovery taskforceovery plan following the tower block fire. the taskforce is made up of people with experience in local government, housing and the voluntary sector. their focuses will include addressing residents' housing needs and working with the local council to improve housing management and ensure that a recovery plan for the community is in place. it comes as residents have again expressed their anger at thejudge leading the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire ahead of the final consultation on what the investigation should cover. dan johnson reports. this meeting was impassioned. shut up. heated. we're not here to fight each other, brother. and more than once, the inquiry chair, sir martin moore—bick, had to appeal for order. we are not going to get anywhere if you all talk at once. well, this meeting has broken up now after almost three hours of talking. it has been fractious at times, emotional too. i think what the inquiry panel can't have failed to take away is the frustration and anger th

we have seen a letter from sajid javid to residents.ion in case it reduces chances of being offered permanent housing, or the houses are kensington row. when we spoke to people, this did not come up. certainly a concern for the government. why can't the local council provide more flats, homes near the tower itself? this comes down to the wider question around social and council housing stock. there are zero social houses available in this borough. we were told because they are all being reserved, for the ones are being reserved. even then, just not enough houses in the borough. 2781 people in that borough alone on the council house waiting list. we think between ten years, they have created an extra 690 places. one of the lowest rates in the whole of london. real difference between people who want to get a council house in the borough, and the amount available. that is why it is so difficult to rehouse people locally. anything else that can be done? the new labourmp said else that can be done? the new labour mp said this yesterday, the

the second thing i'm going to do is to phone up sajid javid, the secretary of state, and ask for mores it help restore faith in the council?” think for me what the people want to hear is what is going to happen next. whilst they will appreciate an apology, what they really want to know is, why is it that when the key worker comes down to see them, they cannot take a human approach? it is owed tick box process where they ta ke owed tick box process where they take the information they need and within 20 minutes, they have left. from our unit, it takes us 30 units just to sit down and understand how they feel, let alone move on to the assessments of what they need. what people really want, as much as an apology, they want the council to understand we have to strip away the processes and bureaucracy, we have to take a human approach. they would value that war at this time than just an apology. thank you very much for your time. isis, zain just an apology. thank you very much foryourtime. isis, zain and sarah, thanks for coming on the programme. the government promised on this programme l

the communities secretary, sajid javid, says that the situation has been getting worse year on year.s that often those come attached with ground rent clauses that see an ever escalating rent increase. in many cases, i have seen, they can go up from, so they start at something that sounds reasonable a couple of hundred of pounds a year and then within 30 to 40 years it is £10,000 a year. well, in february of this year our reporter, james longman, exposed what had been taking place on new build developments around the country. a developer builds a house. here it is. it sells that house to mr and mrs smith. here they are. but what is sold is the lease to that house. that's time in it. they haven't sold the ground it's on. that's the freehold and they keep that. this is the crucial bit — a couple of years later, the developer is then able to sell the freehold, that's the ground that it's on to an investment company. here he is, mr investor. it's a way of making money on the same house twice. and here is the other catch — because it's a house and not a flat, the law says that the develope