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TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady at the Fire Brigade Union conference
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FRANCES O’GRADY condemned Tory attempts to evade any responsibility for the Grenfell Tower fire yesterday, saying that the disaster was “no act of God” but was driven by deregulation.
Addressing delegates at the Fire Brigades Union’s (FBU) annual conference for the last time as TUC general secretary, Ms O’Grady slammed the government’s contributions to the ongoing inquiry into the June 2017 tragedy.
She blasted former communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles for telling an inquiry session last month that he was too busy to answer more questions about the west London tower block blaze which killed 72 people.
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