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Covid spread blamed on UK’s inadequate housing

By 2020-06-09T06:00:00

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Bob Kerslake calls for stimulus package to address overcrowding and ’reunite housing and heath policy’

The former head of the UK civil service has blamed inadequate UK housing provision for the high prevalenece of covid-19 spread in the UK.

Lord Kerslake, now chair of housing association Peabody and local housing company Be First, called on the government to bring forward a housebuilding stimulus package in order to address the health inequalities which have seen those in overcrowded housing suffer more deaths from coronavirus.

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