A top Tory complained he had an “extremely busy day” while being questioned over the Grenfell Tower fire - then got the death toll wrong.
Eric Pickles made the extraordinary double gaffe while giving evidence at the public inquiry into the west London disaster that killed 72 people in June 2017.
Lord Pickles, who led a crackdown on “red tape” while in charge of the housing department from 2010 to 2015, admitted ministers should have acted more on warnings before the blaze during two days of questioning.
