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The fire-gutted shell of Grenfell Tower
NO MONEY was allocated in the Budget for Grenfell Tower fire survivors, despite a reported plea for extra funding of up to £60 million.
The Tory-controlled Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea had sought financial support for its Grenfell recovery strategy this summer to provide health support, housing and refurbishment of the authority’s Lancaster West Estate, of which the tower forms part.
Last year’s Budget granted £28 million in government funding to help pay for mental-health and counselling services and regeneration in the neighbourhood.
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
