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The burnt out shell of Grenfell Tower
FIREFIGHTERS’ union FBU warned the government about dangerous cladding almost two decades before the “entirely avoidable” Grenfell Tower fire, general secretary Matt Wrack said today.
He slammed cross-party “complacency” about fire policy a national scandal and said that the union told the Commons 19 years ago that certain cladding was a threat to life.
The warning followed a fire on June 11 1999 at the 14-storey Garnock Court block of flats in north Ayrshire.
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
