"Hundreds of people" died in the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Diane Abbott has claimed.
The current death toll is at 79 but the shadow home secretary said she expected this to rise into the hundreds.
The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington blamed the disaster on Conservative attitudes towards social housing.
"Grenfell House (sic) is not just an accident; Grenfell House is not just an unfortunate incident. Those hundreds of people that died is a direct consequence of Tory attitudes in social housing," Ms Abbott told a conference of the Labour Progress group.
She also added that she believes the Tories see residents in social housing as "second-class citizens".
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