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RESIDENTS of Grenfell Tower who raised safety concerns before the blaze were bullied and their fears dismissed as unwarranted, the inquiry into the disaster heard today.
Information about the lethal refurbishment was withheld from concerned residents because the owners of the west London tower block “did not like what their critics would do with it,” survivors’ lawyers told the inquiry.
Danny Friedman QC, speaking for one group of the bereaved survivors, branded such action “unlawfully perverse and a blatant abuse of power.”
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
