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Councillor who oversaw Grenfell works donated to Badenoch’s Tory leadership bid

Survivor of blaze which killed 72 ‘disgusted’ Quentin Marshall gave £5,000 to candidate promoting deregulation

The Guardian - UK

Avoiding man-made disasters like Grenfell could be helped by holding executives more accountable

All of the 72 deaths caused by the fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017 were avoidable. The same could be said of the 346 people who died in two separate Boeing 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. And the the 47 people killed in 2013 by a train derailment…

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Irish golfer Shane Lowry ends Kingspan sponsorship deal after Grenfell report

The Offaly man had come under pressure to end the deal with the Irish building materials company since the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017.

The Independent UK

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Grenfell brought back memories of Summerland fire

Letter: Deborah Gahan remembers a fire on the Isle of Man in 1973 and says the Grenfell Tower inquiry shows how little has changed

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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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

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Evening Standard

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

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

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

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

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.

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The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

'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

The National (Scotland)

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 ...

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The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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

‘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

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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

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

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