Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Families react as damning final report is published

The Grenfell inquiry has delivered a devastating final report into the disaster that claimed 72 lives.
The document, released at 11am on Wednesday, lays bare the inquiry’s findings around the actions of corporate firms in the construction industry, the local authority, London Fire Brigade and government.
The report says Grenfell Tower was turned into a death trap by “dishonest” construction firms, architects and negligent politicians who ignored fire safety for decades.
Its publication and the devastating findings pave the way for criminal prosecutions over the disaster.
Families of those killed in the blaze on June 14, 2017 have insisted it must be a “landmark report” which prompts widescale change.
A report in 2019, from the first phase of the inquiry, concluded the tower’s cladding did not comply with building regulations and was the “principal” reason for the rapid and “profoundly shocking” spread of the blaze.
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