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Bonnie Christian

Grenfell Tower report LIVE: Boris Johnson says survivors and bereaved 'overlooked and ignored' and 'shamefully failed'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said survivors and the beareved of the Grenfell Tower fire were "overlooked and ignored" before the blaze and "shamefully failed" after it.

It came after a damning report into the Grenfell disaster called for "urgent action" from the Government and those with the "oversight and direction" of the emergency services.

Inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick said the London Fire Brigade's preparation for an incident such as Grenfell was "gravely inadequate", and the absence of a plan to evacuate the tower was a "major omission".

LFB Commissioner Dany Cotton expressed her “deepest sorrow at not being able to save all those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire.

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