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£22.99The final report of the Grenfell fire inquiry has been published and is the dominant topic in the UK press. The report found that all 72 deaths resulting from the fire in 2017 had been avoidable and that warning signs had been ignored during a 26-year countdown to disaster. The inquiry determined that “decades of failure” by the construction industry as well as successive governments that failed to properly regulate it had contributed to the fire.
Inquiry chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick found that the housing department had been “complacent” and “poorly run”. The regulatory regime had prioritised deregulation over safety, according to the Financial Times. The inquiry also uncovered wrongdoing, failures and negligence. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer apologised on behalf of the British state.
Sir Martin described the behaviour of “unscrupulous” building companies who knowingly put combustible cladding on Grenfell as “dishonest and greedy”. He noted that numerous parties had contributed to the disaster, mainly through incompetence and occasionally through dishonesty or greed.
The Guardian reports that the report has increased pressure for acceleration of the ongoing criminal investigation into the fire. Police and the Crown Prosecution Service claimed earlier this year that no charges would be made until at least 2026 owing to the scale of the inquiry. One victim’s relative complained that the report had prevented prosecutions and delayed justice
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