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Grenfell Inquiry’s final report further delayed
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report into the disaster could be delayed by another six months, it has been revealed
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The second staircase is a knee-jerk reaction to Grenfell
Michael Gove’s mandating of a second stair in residential buildings above 18m is just the latest sign that the real lessons of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Dame Judith Hackitt are falling on deaf ears, argues José Torero
Grenfell Tower costs approaching £1.2 billion
The costs of the 2017 Grenfell disaster have reached nearly £1.2 billion, a new report suggests, as survivors and bereaved families await publication of two final reports into the tragedy
Grenfell Tower Inquiry costs reach £170m
The latest annual financial statement from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry reveals it spent £20.7 million in the year to the end of March 2023, taking its total expenditure to £170 million
Grenfell Tower Inquiry final report delayed until 2024
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry will not publish its much-anticipated second and final report into the disaster until next year, it has been revealed
The Secret Architect: When your principles are in doubt … delegate!
A Part 3 candidate is showing an alarming reliance on attributing all responsibility to the PD amid a Gordian knot of meaningless acronyms
Grenfell tragedy: Gove admits cladding guidance was ‘faulty and ambiguous’
Housing secretary Michael Gove has become the first minister to admit the government’s building regulations were faulty and unclear before the Grenfell Tower fire
Grenfell inquiry closes: ‘Each and every death was avoidable’
The inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people, has closed after more than five years
Grenfell architect bears primary responsibility for fire, barrister tells inquiry
Studio E Architects is among those who bear ‘primary responsibility’ for the full extent of the Grenfell Tower fire, according to one of the lawyers for the bereaved and survivors
Official guidance ‘oversimplified’ cladding fire tests, Grenfell inquiry hears
The methods used to test cladding for fire risk are ‘full of mistakes from beginning to end’, an expert has told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry