News and Star.co.uk Cumbria 13/02/2008 reported that West Cumbrian residents fighting for compensation over potentially lethal asbestos in their homes have been given a helping hand by the Prime Minister.
People living on Moor Place, Frizington, were forced to give up a legal bid two years ago after court costs proved too expensive for them to bear.But after pleading for help from 10 Downing Street, they have received a letter telling them the housing ombudsman is now looking into their case.T
hey want money to compensate them for the stress they have suffered after discovering the asbestos in 2005 and also to help them pay for work to clean up their homes.If they are successful they say it could blow open the floodgates for billions of pounds worth of similar claims up and down the country.
The asbestos claims relate to 25 terraced homes on Moor Place, bought from Home Housing by residents, which were found to contain the potentially deadly substance, primarily in the ceiling of heating cupboards. Asbestos was also found in another 25 tenanted properties and 12 bungalows in the road as well as two other Frizington estates, Griffin Close and Priory Drive.
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