Grenfell Tower survivors: ‘The system isn’t broken, it was built this way’ Survivors and family members say they didn’t need to wait seven years to be told what they already knew. Al Jazeera · Sep 9, 2024
Bring criminal prosecutions against Grenfell Tower cladding firms, urges Gove The former housing secretary claimed attempts to punish Kingspan, Arconic and Celotex when he was in government had been blocked. Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2024
The Observer view on the Grenfell Tower inquiry: the state must pay the price for safe regulation As the report damns corporate greed for contributing to the 72 deaths, Keir Starmer should ignore financial prudence when it comes to preventing another tragedy The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024
Grenfell building firm criticised by inquiry handed contracts worth millions after fire Rydon, lead contractor on the tower’s refurbishment, won deals from councils and the NHS despite pressure to ban it from bids The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024
Grenfell Tower fire: what’s next for criminal investigation? ...The Standard podcast Listen here on your chosen podcast platform. Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2024
Grenfell was not a state ‘failure’ – it was institutional violence People are not used to thinking of decisions made in boardrooms or by housing authorities as “violent”. Yet the findings of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire show how they can be. The Conversation · Sep 6, 2024
The three Grenfell Tower companies still denying all wrongdoing What the official inquiry found about Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex – and their unapologetic response The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024
Justice for Grenfell deaths may not come this decade, warns former chief prosecutor Lord Macdonald warns of likely delays in criminal justice system as survivors denounce ‘arrogant’ building firms The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024
Grenfell: profit was put ahead of people’s lives Letters: Readers respond to the final Grenfell inquiry report, which paints a disturbing picture of failures in the construction industry and government The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024
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. The Conversation · Sep 5, 2024
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 · Sep 5, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: Grenfell tragedy must have consequences It is difficult to overstate the string of colossal failures that contributed to the deaths of 72 people, when a fire engulfed Grenfell Tower on June 14, 2017. The final report from the inquiry concluded that the fire “was the culmination of decades of failure”, with the finger of blame… Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2024
'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 · Sep 5, 2024
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 ... The National (Scotland) · Sep 5, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024 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 Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024 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 Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024 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 Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024 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 Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024 ‘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
Top News · Sep 4, 2024 Grenfell Tower Inquiry Reveals Decades Of Failures The Grenfell Tower fire inquiry exposes systemic failures in construction and government oversight, emphasizing the need for accountability and reforms.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024 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
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024 Reactions to the report into the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in west London The inquiry into Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II has released its final report
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2024 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…
The Conversation · Sep 4, 2024 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…
The Conversation · Sep 4, 2024 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.