Has justice been done? The report on the tower block fire has finally been published, but debates on who was to blame will continue.
The night disaster struck Grenfell
Has justice been done? The report on the tower block fire has finally been published, but debates on who was to blame will continue.
June 2017. A 24-storey tower block in West London catches fire. Within minutes, the flames have turned the building into an infernoA huge fire. .
The Grenfell Tower fire was the worst residential fire in Britain since the BlitzThe aerial bombardment of the British Isles by the German Luftwaffe during the first part of World War 2..
Who was to blame for this tragedy, in which 72 people died? Over the past year few years, a public inquiryAn investigation set up by the government. has tried to answer that question.
The inquiry found that the manufacturers of the building's cladding and the companies which installed it were largely to blame. But so too was local council and the fire brigade, as well as "decades of failure by central government".
The inquiry ran for 400 days, cost the British taxpayer £200m, and the 1,700-page report makes 58 recommendations.
Criminal prosecutions will not begin until late 2026, which means nobody will appear in court until 2027 - a decade after the disaster.
Housing campaigner Twajo Tweneboa thinks it is "shameful" that, seven years after the tragedy, little progress has been made on social housing regulation. There have been several tower block fires since, but no improvement in national conditions.
Has justice been done?
Yes! The Grenfell inquiry identifies numerous companies and individuals at fault and contains many recommendations for the future.
No! The victims of the Grenfell disaster do not think this report is a just outcome.
Keywords
Inferno - A huge fire.
The Blitz - The aerial bombardment of the British Isles by the German Luftwaffe during the first part of World War 2.
Public inquiry - An investigation set up by the government.
The night disaster struck Grenfell
Glossary
Inferno - A huge fire.
The Blitz - The aerial bombardment of the British Isles by the German Luftwaffe during the first part of World War 2.
Public inquiry - An investigation set up by the government.