Carbon Monoxide

Carbon Monoxide

Last chance to respond to Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations Consultation

08 January, 20180 Comments
Private rental sector landlords still have one more day to respond to this consultation, which closes tomorrow (9th Jan, 2018 at 11:45pm). Introduced on 1st October 2015, the Government’s Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations were updated to protect private tenants from death or injury caused by smoke and carbon monoxide poisoning in the
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Inadequate Carbon Monoxide alarms putting 30 million tenants at risk

20 June, 20160 Comments
A new report has revealed that many carbon monoxide (CO) alarms are not fit for purpose. A new report, co-funded by the European Union and the Product Safety Forum of Europe (PROSAFE), has revealed that more than half (52%) of the carbon monoxide alarms tested across seven EU member states posed a ‘high’ or ‘serious
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A national register for dodgy landlords?

29 May, 20130 Comments
Labour’s Policy Review explores new ideas on the private rented sector to "drive standards up and bad landlords out." These "new ideas" include creating a national register of private landlords, a new national private rented property standard, stamping out the use of “retaliatory eviction”
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LRS Supports Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week

21 November, 20120 Comments
Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week is upon us, which runs from Monday 19th November – Friday 23rd November 2012. Now in its 7th year Co-Awareness Week is organised by CO-Awareness, a charity set up by campaigner Lynn Griffiths to support victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, increase awareness of this deadly gas and highlight the importance of
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