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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Angela Rayner defends handling of meeting with Grenfell survivors and families

A view of Grenfell Tower from a London Underground platform: a red tube train is pulling into the darkened station with the tower, covered in white sheeting, in the light behind it. At the top of the covering there are images of large green hearts on each side of the tower
Angela Rayner announced last week that Grenfell Tower would be dismantled. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters

Angela Rayner has defended her handling of a meeting with bereaved families and survivors of the Grenfell disaster after some said they felt ignored by her decision to tear down the tower.

The deputy prime minister did not feel she had been “aggressive” during the meeting on the future of the site, she said, despite criticism from some of those present. “If anyone felt that way, then I would be sincerely upset about that,” she added.

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