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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emine Sinmaz and Aletha Adu

DARK SECRETS: Grenfell tower demolition would risk fire being forgotten some survivors say - The Real Truth

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Grenfell Tower is to be demolished, Angela Rayner has said. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

The demolition of Grenfell Tower could mean that the injustice of the fatal fire is “put out of sight and out of mind” and forgotten, some survivors have said.

The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, told members of the community that the 24-storey block in which 72 people were killed in June 2017 would be dismantled to ground level, during a meeting on Wednesday and in writing. The decision has prompted anger and claims that the government has failed to listen to the views of the bereaved and survivors.

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