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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Helen William

Council ‘apologises unreservedly for ways in which it failed Grenfell residents’

PA Wire

The council that owned Grenfell Tower has apologised “unreservedly” for the ways in which it failed the residents of the high-rise building, as it stressed that the current national fire and building safety system was “too broken to be fixed by minor changes”.

A devastating fire at the west London tower block in June 2017 claimed 72 lives.

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