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Brent North MP Barry Gardiner said the block’s managers were “repeatedly warned” about fire safety risks after learning the building had “unsafe cladding” three years ago

Parents who lost son, 5, to fire confront authorities as part of heartbreaking experiences shared by survivors at Grenfell Testimony Week

Survivors say in wake of Post Office scandal: ‘Those in power have lost their moral compass’

Bereaved accuse ministers of ‘whitewashing’ the disaster but tell of hope for a similar acceleration of justice

Windrush, Grenfell, the Post Office – all reveal who gets listened to and who gets ignored

Survivors and bereaved families ‘appalled’ by absence of Arconic at Grenfell Testimony Week, intended to provide sense of justice

Residents say ministers have wasted six years and ‘dodged’ making plan for tower since fire claimed 72 lives

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In March 2023, a fire in Tower Hamlets, east London, claimed the life of Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father-of-two from Bangladesh. Five fire engines and 35 firefighters attended the call to the two-bedroom flat in Maddocks House, on the Tarling West housing estate, in the early hours of the morning.