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People involved in some of the UK’s highest-profile recent inquiries discuss what they achieved and what was left undone

Campaigners call for apology after inquiry report makes several criticisms of decisions made during Blair’s tenure

Former prime minister Theresa May announced a public inquiry into the Grenfell fire just 24 hours after the tragedy in June 2017. That the project was set in motion while emergency services were still at the scene underlined a broad sense of shock and disbelief that a catastrophe of such…

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.

Emma Dent Coad, who was Kensington MP at time of fire, says former housing secretary should ‘have grace to resign’

Exclusive: MPs urge police to speed up Grenfell investigation – but Met insists ‘we only have one chance to get this right’

What the official inquiry found about Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex – and their unapologetic response

Lord Macdonald warns of likely delays in criminal justice system as survivors denounce ‘arrogant’ building firms

Letters: Readers respond to the final Grenfell inquiry report, which paints a disturbing picture of failures in the construction industry and government

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.

Too much time and money is wasted on these buck-passing exercises, which only allow politicians and regulators off the hook, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins