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Mark Blunden,Tristan Kirk and Rachelle Abbott

Grenfell Tower Inquiry: damning report & fight for justice ...The Standard podcast

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The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has delivered a damning final report into the disaster that claimed 72 lives.

It found the west London tower was turned into a death trap in June 2017 by “dishonest” construction firms, architects and negligent politicians who ignored fire safety for decades.

Bereaved families and survivors vowed to continue their fight for justice, with Wednesday’s report paving the way for criminal prosecutions over one of the worst disasters in modern British history.

A seven-year public inquiry, chaired by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, exposed how refurbishment prior to the devastating fire left the North Kensington block coated in cheap, highly flammable cladding and foam insulation - while warnings of impending disaster from Grenfell residents were ignored.

We’re joined from the inquiry in Paddington by Evening Standard courts correspondent Tristan Kirk.

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