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Grenfell raises ‘fundamental questions about the kind of country we are,’ says Starmer
Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media outside Arden Academy in Solihull, West Midlands, August 8, 2024

GRENFELL raises “fundamental questions about the kind of country we are,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the Commons today after the publication of the Moore-Bick report into the catastrophe.

He said that the report revealed a Britain “where the voices of working-class people and those of colour have been repeatedly ignored and dismissed” and promised a fundamental shift in culture.

Mr Starmer also apologised on behalf of the state, pledging to speed up the removal of unsafe cladding on other buildings around the country and block companies criticised in the report from winning future government contracts.

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