Housing Secretary James Brokenshire says Government is considering banning flammable cladding

Councillors ignore local consultation to pick their own new leader and deputy

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The PM's No. 2 David Lidington slaps down Tory right and says Britain's prosperity hang on trade with EU

For voters in Tottenham crime is a key concern after the killing of a teenager, but in leafy Crouch End talk is of a housing regeneration row that has left Haringey Labour at war with itself