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Let’s build a better future for female scaffolders | Letter
Emma Claassen responds to an article by Adrian Chiles on the recruitment crisis in scaffolding Adrian Chiles is right: scaffolding is hard work ( Britain’s scaffolding should be a source of national pride – instead we’re struggling to recruit workers, 1 October ). It demands physical resilience, skill, judgment and proper training. That will naturally mean it is not a job for everyone – men or women. Which is why the conversation about the skills shortage should be less about who traditionally became a scaffolder, and more about who is willing and able to learn the trade and meet the same standards. Continue reading...
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The Guardian view on trapped leaseholders: Labour must keep its promise to set them free | Editorial
The government pledged to end an unfair system. Ministers must give homeowners power over costs, rather than another place to complain “To the millions of leaseholders across the country, you have my word. The days of you being squeezed for every penny are coming to an end,” Andy Burnham told the Labour party conference . Only a few hours earlier, his housing secretary, Angela Rayner, had announced that the government would legislate for a new independent regulator and launch a consultation to cap “rip off” administrative fees. While these are undoubtedly steps in the right direction, they are miles away from Labour’s manifesto promise to “finally bring the feudal leasehold system to an end”. In its modern form , leasehold in England and Wales turns homes into income streams for freeholders. It should be abolished. There are powerful vested interests – billionaires , aristocrats and big