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A firefighter investigates a floor after a fire engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, in June 2017
A TV programme shifting the blame of the Grenfell Tower blaze onto firefighters rather than government failures was lambasted by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) today.
The Channel 4 Dispatches programme titled Grenfell: Did the Fire Brigade Fail? airs tonight.
It accuses the London Fire Brigade (LFB) of relying on claims about the blaze in June 2017 being “unprecedented” to avoid being challenged over their “failure” to learn from previous fires.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
