THE government’s decision not to implement Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations aimed at protecting disabled people was “political” but not illegal, the High Court has ruled.

Claddag, which campaigns on fire safety issues facing disabled residents, accused ministers of failing to implement the recommendations that owners of high-rise residential buildings should prepare Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans for people with disabilities.

While the group lost its legal action against Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who has responsibility for national fire safety legislation and guidance, Mrs Justice Stacey ruled that “essentially a political decision” not to implement the recommendations made in late March 2022 and communicated on May 18 2022.

“It must have been desperately disappointing for the claimants and many others that the carefully considered recommendations contained in the Phase 1 Report have not been implemented, but it was not an unlawful decision,” she added.

Speaking afterwards, Claddag co-founders Sarah Rennie and Georgie Hulme said: “Our small part in the pursuit of justice will continue.”