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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

Reform sack housing spokesman over ‘deeply dehumanising’ Grenfell comments

Nigel Farage has sacked his housing spokesperson after he made “deeply dehumanising” comments about the Grenfell Tower fire.

Simon Dudley, who was appointed the party’s housing policy chief earlier this year, said “everyone dies in the end” and argued that “the pendulum has swung too far” on building safety regulations in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy.

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