Tag: Grenfell
Seven organisations to be investigated over Grenfell Tower fire
Tom SymondsNews correspondentPA MediaSeven organisations will be investigated over the Grenfell Tower disaster and all 58 recommendations of a public [...]
Rayner defends handling of Grenfell Tower meeting
The deputy PM tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that she doesn't feel she was "aggressive" during the meeting.
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Grenfell Tower to be taken down, government confirms
Grenfell Tower will be taken down "sensitively", the government has announced nearly eight years after a fire that killed 72 people. The process is e [...]
Grenfell Tower to be demolished, bereaved families told
The government has decided to demolish Grenfell Tower, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told a meeting with bereaved relatives and survivors, the B [...]
Minister relinquishes Grenfell brief after survivors object
A Labour minister in the housing department has given up her duties managing building safety and the government's response to the Grenfell Tower fire. [...]
Grenfell report leaves many waiting for change
BBCA vigil was held at the foot of the tower, on the night after the report was publishedWe have been here before, haven’t we?The Infected Blood Inqui [...]
PM Keir Starmer on riots, fuel payments and Grenfell
The UK's recently-appointed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg in his first major Downing Street interview. Sir Keir [...]
Grenfell: Michael Gove says Kingspan gives capitalism a bad name
"I'm very pleased, however, that the chief executive of Ulster Rugby has appreciated that an association and involvement with Kingspan is inappropriat [...]
Grenfell: Gove says government guidance partly to blame for fire
"Faulty and ambiguous" rules were not policed properly by the government, the Housing Secretary has said.
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Grenfell council abandoned us in search – victim's nephew
A man whose uncle died in the Grenfell Tower fire says he was left alone to find his missing relative.
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Grenfell Tower inquiry: Lord Pickles apologises for death toll error
Lord Pickles says the Hillsborough disaster had been on his mind when he "misspoke".
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Grenfell Tower inquiry: Ex-minister unaware red tape cuts affected fire safety
Lord Pickles could not give an example of fire safety being exempt from a policy to cut regulations.
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Pickles apologises to Grenfell inquiry
Lord Pickles has apologised after giving evidence to the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry and losing his temper.He initially advised members of the inquiry [...]
Grenfell Tower inquiry: Government unaware of fire risk levels – minister
The initial report into the Grenfell Tower fire was published in October 2019, following the conclusion of the first part of the inquiry. It looked at [...]
Grenfell Tower: Minister defends decision not to tighten fire safety rules
Coroners investigating previous fires had warned regulation might be needed.
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