A former Bristol MP admitted he never read a coroner’s letter recommending Government action over cladding in blocks of flats following a fatal fire, years before the Grenfell tragedy.
Stephen Williams, who was the Government minister responsible for building regulations at the time, said he acted on what his officials had incorrectly told him the coroner had said, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry heard.
After his evidence to the inquiry last week, Bristol’s Labour group on the city council has called for the former minister to be stripped of his honorary Alderman status.
