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Grenfell inquiry: how the privatisation of building safety testing led to this tragedy

The public inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower has concluded that the tragedy was the result of “decades of failure” by government and other bodies to effectively regulate the safety of high-risk residential buildings.

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Want justice for the victims of Grenfell? It’s now clearer than ever that public inquiries are not the answer

Too much time and money is wasted on these buck-passing exercises, which only allow politicians and regulators off the hook, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell families criticise report for ignoring impact on diverse communities

Bereaved say inquiry was wrong to disregard fact majority of residents who died in the tragedy were of BAME origin

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Stop treating social housing tenants like children, ombudsman tells landlords

Richard Blakeway tells social housing leaders to ‘see people, not problems’ after Grenfell inquiry’s report into disaster

The Guardian - UK

'Jail the Grenfell culprits': Families call for manslaughter charges over tower blaze

Any court cases are only expected to start in 2027, a decade after fire ripped through Grenfell Tower in the deadliest housing scandal in Britain’s history

Evening Standard

OPINION - 'We’ll force owners to fix buildings — Grenfell will be a catalyst for change'

COMMENTARY: The Grenfell Fire Inquiry report’s findings are devastating, says housing minister and London MP Rushanara Ali

Evening Standard

MPs slammed for leaving Commons chamber before Grenfell statement

MPs have been criticised for leaving the Commons chamber before the Prime Minister gave a statement on the Grenfell Tower disaster ...

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Angela Rayner backs prosecutions for those responsible for Grenfell Tower fire

Deputy prime minister wants the Crown Prosecution Service and Met police to act ‘as quickly as possible’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer and Reeves need to find ‘escape route’ from winter fuel payments row, says Ed Balls – as it happened

Former Labour shadow chancellor says ministers need to find a way to stop controversy over means testing destabilising government

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner tells of anger over shocking Grenfell report findings and urges swift justice by Met Police

But first court cases may not start until 2027

Evening Standard

Grenfell fire survivors demand manslaughter charges and warn against Hillsborough-style wait for justice

Bereaved survivors express fears the seven-year Grenfell inquiry has delayed the prospect of criminal prosecutions as pressure mount on the Met to speed up investigation

The Independent UK

Grenfell Tower: the fire, the findings, who’s to blame and what happens next

Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report paints a horrifying picture of failures in the construction industry and officialdom – but justice is some way off

The Guardian - AU

Union boss rages over betrayal of heroic fire fighters who fought Grenfell blaze

Fire Brigades Union (FBU) general secretary Matt Wrack has warned that fire fighters are still facing unacceptable dangers from buildings like Grenfell Tower seven years after the tragedy

The Independent UK

‘Everyone failed them’: what the papers say on report into deadly Grenfell Tower fire

British papers home in on push for criminal charges after inquiry blames 2017 disaster on government failures and dishonesty of companies

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Grenfell survivors and bereaved demand justice as report published

Some say they have been ‘robbed of justice’ as others accuse companies involved of having ‘blood on their hands’

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Remorse over Grenfell is freely given now those responsible are far from view

For the 72 victims and their families, there must be hope that fine words in the commons will be backed up by finer deeds

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Police under pressure to accelerate criminal investigation into Grenfell fire

After inquiry finds all 72 deaths were avoidable, some bereaved and survivors express frustration over pace of investigation

Evening Standard

OPINION - As the Grenfell report is published, why is cladding still on countless English homes?

As Britain absorbs the second phase of the report into the Grenfell Tower inferno, with its accumulation of horrors, an event last week serves as warning and a rebuke to the pace with which we have got here. Is it really possible, seven years after that disaster, that the cause…

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Grenfell Tower report: an expert explains why so many people have been blamed

Seven years after the fire in Grenfell Tower took 72 lives, the final report into the causes of the tragedy has been published. The inquiry’s findings place damning blame on companies, the government, bodies responsible for building regulation and emergency services. It concludes the victims were “badly failed” by those…

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Grenfell victims were ‘overcome by toxic gases’ – this is the deadly construction loophole that helped cause their deaths

Governments have a duty to protect their citizens. While they won’t go as far as telling us what we can and cannot put in our homes, we do expect them to ensure that the buildings we live in are safe from fire.

Evening Standard

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

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OPINION - Politics enabled the Grenfell disaster. It is also how to ensure it never happens again

It is tempting to think that politics stops today. That the publication of the final report by the Grenfell Inquiry demands a cessation of partisan hostilities. That the House of Commons is, in that tedious cliché, "at its best" when it is united. But this would be wrong.

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell Tower inquiry: what happens next after report’s recommendations?

Final report calls for a series of measures, while the CPS has said any charging decisions are unlikely until end of 2026

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‘Decades of failure’: Who has UK’s Grenfell Tower fire inquiry blamed?

‘Unscrupulous’ companies, ‘dishonesty and greed’ and regulatory failure are at fault.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Government to ‘carefully consider’ recommendations of Grenfell report

SCOTLAND'S housing minister has said the Scottish Government will “carefully consider” the recommendations of the final report into the Grenfell…

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