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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

The people of Grenfell knew the truth before the fire. It’s we who must learn from them now

The inquiry’s report has increased the anger, not least of a younger generation that wants justice and won’t be silent, says playwright Gillian Slovo

The Guardian - UK

Robert Jenrick’s heartlessness can’t be glossed over

Brief letters: Tory leadership race | Grenfell inquiry | Knotting shoelaces | Margaret Thatcher’s portrait

The Guardian - UK

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Do public inquiries work? What comes after Grenfell and other UK disasters

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

The Guardian - UK

Tony Blair told to ‘take responsibility’ after Grenfell criticism

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

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell report: the risk of holding everyone to account is no one actually gets the blame

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…

The Conversation

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.

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Eric Pickles urged to quit as Tory peer over Grenfell inquiry criticism

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

The Guardian - UK

Pressure builds on police to speed up Grenfell fire probe – and bring manslaughter charges

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

The Independent UK

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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Want justice for the victims of Grenfell? It’s now clearer than ever that public inquiries are not the answer

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

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Grenfell families criticise report for ignoring impact on diverse communities

Bereaved say inquiry was wrong to disregard fact majority of residents who died in the tragedy were of BAME origin

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

'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

Evening Standard

OPINION - 'We’ll force owners to fix buildings — Grenfell will be a catalyst for change'

COMMENTARY: The Grenfell Fire Inquiry report’s findings are devastating, says housing minister and London MP Rushanara Ali

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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 ...

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 Guardian - UK

Starmer and Reeves need to find ‘escape route’ from winter fuel payments row, says Ed Balls – as it happened

Former Labour shadow chancellor says ministers need to find a way to stop controversy over means testing destabilising government

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner tells of anger over shocking Grenfell report findings and urges swift justice by Met Police

But first court cases may not start until 2027

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

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