Grenfell Tower Fire
With each passing year, it becomes clearer the system is stacked against us, writes Natasha Elcock.
In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, the government vowed to remove dangerous cladding from high rise blocks by June 2020. They're only a third of the way there.
Keir Starmer calls vote a “shameful dereliction of duty” as Labour loses amendment that aimed to ensure government took up recommendations of the Grenfell Inquiry.
Ignored emails, architects who weren’t aware of rules and a general trend of passing the buck have so far been revealed in the second phase of the inquiry.
Post-Grenfell Building Safety Bill sees costs passed on to leaseholders rather than developers and building owners.
Security measures are much tougher than at a similar public inquiry where the majority of participants are white.
The hearings, which resume today, will have no space for bereaved, victims or relatives.
Damning report by the National Audit Office says plans by ministers have “lagged behind their own expectations”.
The Hello singer wrote on Instagram: "72 lives will be forever in our hearts."
Ed Daffarn almost died in the Grenfell fire. On the third anniversary of the disaster he says it is an "indictment of failure" that more has not been done.