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Prime Minister Theresa May visits the scene near Grenfell Tower in west London
GRENFELL MP Emma Dent Coad asked Prime Minister Theresa May today what she has to hide after it was revealed that cladding experts were banned from criticising her.
An investigation by The Times revealed that the engineering company WSP, which was given the job of testing government buildings for combustible cladding, was forced to sign non-disclosure agreements if they wanted to work.
Before carrying out the £100,000 job in June 2017 – just 12 days after the tragedy, which claimed the lives of 72 people – workers signed a contract which included a clause that they must not “embarrass” the Cabinet Office, or be “in any way connected to material adverse publicity” directed at Ms May.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
