Due to central government cuts, local authorities cannot afford to install sprinkler systems in tower blocks full of families.
According to experts, authorities with greater concentrations of disadvantaged population groups have suffered faster or deeper cuts to fire safety in the community, particularly those in urban areas.
The same government, however, thinks it’s very important that sprinkler systems are installed in their own workplace:
Despite austerity, the same government can find £1.3 million to install a sophisticated sprinkler system in parliament:
Because the government thinks some people’s lives are more important than others?
Namely, their own?
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Deborah Hyde said:
If this is true, it’s truly shameful.
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Jeffrey Davies said:
a penny a penny for the guy bring back fawkes
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Linda said:
Not just social housing. Last year they decided schools weren’t worth sprinklers either.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-criticised-over-quietly-abandoning-requirement-for-new-schools-to-install-fire-sprinklers-a7219276.html
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The Pink Agendist, née Mr. Merveilleux said:
Didn’t Theresa May’s opportunistic election cost 135 million?
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mohandeer said:
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mili68 said:
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mili68 said:
Tweeted @melissacade68
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stuartbramhall said:
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According to experts, authorities with greater concentrations of disadvantaged population groups have suffered faster or deeper cuts to fire safety in the community, particularly those in urban areas.
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Ray said:
So it is ok for them but not for everyone else, bloody check.
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Bryan Levinge said:
Rich Lives Matter
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katythenightowl said:
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. . . and we’re all in this together, are we?
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