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The London tower block fire comes on the day the Grenfell inquiry report was released

Two in three parents are now prepared to pay more for a house close to their desired school

First deputy mayor of London whose concern for environmental issues shaped many aspects of the capital’s development

The inquiry into Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II is releasing its final report on failings that led to deaths of 72 people at a high-rise apartment building in west London more than seven years ago

‘We must never forget the impact the tragedy had on that community,’ commissioner Andy Roe says

Today’s Grenfell report has called for urgent work on fire safety, but victims — and those still trapped in London’s 1,300 cladded buildings — say there isn’t time to lose. Katie Strick reports

Maria Balinska is one of the founders of The Conversation in the United States and served as our editor there for four years. Now, she is the Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission, based in London, and overseeing the body’s work that takes post-graduates in the US and the…

Key takeaways from public inquiry into 2017 London disaster as 1,700-page final report is published

The six-year inquiry condemns ‘decades of failure’ by governments, incompetence, dishonesty and greed.

All 72 deaths were avoidable as cladding manufacturers engaged in ‘systematic dishonesty’ and successive governments failed to act on warnings, report finds

Kristy Matheson bemoans ‘alarmingly’ low number of mid-career female directors as festival lineup unveiled