Decades of central government failure led to Grenfell tragedy, says inquiry

By Daniel Gayne2024-09-04T10:07:00

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Department was ‘well aware’ of cladding risks but failed to act

The fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017 was in part caused by “decades of failure” in central government to act on information available to them.

According to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s phase 2 report published this morning, the government had “many opportunities” to identify the risks posed by combustible cladding panels and insulation between the fire at Knowsley Heights in 1991 and disaster at Grenfell.

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