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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Covid and Grenfell families call for oversight of inquiry outcomes

Grenfell Tower
The chair of Grenfell United said recommendations from that inquiry had not been implemented. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Covid bereaved families and Grenfell survivors are demanding greater enforcement of public inquiry recommendations to stop preventable deaths.

Hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent on public inquiries in recent years and the campaigners are calling for a national oversight mechanism to tackle a “shocking accountability gap” and ensure that when recommendations are made after deaths, “they are not lost, ignored or left to gather dust”.

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