Labour council 'gaslighting' locals on toxic asbestos danger as housing developers 'cut corners'

Labour council 'gaslighting' locals on toxic asbestos danger as housing developers 'cut corners'

Labour-led Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire is facing community action on a number of fronts for its antidemocratic behaviour. But perhaps most shockingly, it has been allowing private housing developers to cause a public health crisis by cutting corners on the site of a former asbestos factory. Then, on top of that, it’s been gaslighting the people suffering, with local resident Tracy Whiteman calling its behaviour “dismissive, disingenuous, …