1 February 2021 — True Publica
By Peter Geoghegan and Jaysim Hanspal – The British government has been accused of trying to cover up a “national scandal” by telling local councils it was “appropriate” to block the release of information about high-rise buildings like Grenfell Tower that have potentially lethal aluminium cladding.
11 July 2020 — WSWS
Phase Two of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry resumed Monday after being halted in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than three years on from the devastating fire that claimed 72 lives, the resumption of the inquiry confirms its character as a contemptible cover-up.
This week’s reopening met with widespread outrage from survivors and the bereaved over further proposed delays to proceedings and arrangements restricting their access to hearings. As of Friday, the inquiry had only met for 18 days of hearings since January.
12 March, 2020 — Architects Journal
The proceedings of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster are compelling and shocking in equal measure, says Emma Dent Coad
I was elected as the first Labour MP for Kensington, after three recounts, on 9 June 2017. Four days later I woke to the sound of helicopters, put on the radio, leapt out of bed, dressed in seconds, and ran down the road to a scene of unspeakable horror that changed all our lives forever.
22 February 2020 — WSWS
The official inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in June 2017 stands ever more exposed as a sordid whitewash of those responsible for the catastrophe.
Proceedings are currently adjourned until at least February 24. Their resumption is waiting on the decision of the attorney-general as to whether to promise immunity on oral testimony of witnesses.
18 February 2020 — True Publica
Two of the Grenfell Inquiry’s independent experts were invited to attend an advisory group meeting with lobbyists for combustible insulation manufacturers. Both previously advised the inquiry against banning these products from high rises.
28 January 2020 — Global Research
All polymer foams produced from isocyanate chemicals are fire-accelerants that will not only spread any fire within seconds of ignition but will also emit lethal hydrogen cyanide gas that can cause death within a few minutes.
7 November 2019 — WSWS
The derogatory comments of Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg about the 72 people who died in the Grenfell fire on June 14, 2017, have provoked widespread popular outrage.
31 October 2019 — Open Democracy
Grenfell Tower in West London, 30 October 2019
Steve Parsons/PA Wire/PA Images
On 14 June 2017, a devastating fire broke out at Grenfell Tower, eventually killing 72 people, injuring hundreds more and leaving over 200 households homeless. Yesterday, a Prime Minister not renowned for being closely acquainted with honesty has trumpeted that the formal unveiling of the Report of Phase 1 of the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell disaster will offer the bereaved, survivors and wider affected community “the truth”. We really hope so, but the media reporting of the Inquiry’s findings so far shows the battle that lies ahead.
31 October 2019 — WSWS
The report of the first phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry confirms that it is a rotten political cover-up, designed to protect those in the corporate and political elite who are guilty of the horrific murders of 72 men, women and children.
29 October 2019 — Craig Murray
One simple fact cannot be hidden. The firefighters did not cause the fire. Phase 1 of Judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report of the public inquiry into the Grenfell disaster has been released to relatives prior to publication tomorrow. According to the Guardian, it concentrates blame on the firefighters in charge of tackling the blaze. This is an entirely predictable Establishment ploy; blame the little people.
24 September 2019 — The Canary
24 September 2019 — WSWS
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) have confirmed that they have been interviewed under caution by the Metropolitan Police as part of the ongoing police investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire.
13 September 2019 — WSWS
Another inferno has torn through a large block of London residential flats. Just over two years after the Grenfell Tower inferno, the raging fire completely destroyed an entire structure—this time in Worcester Park in the borough of Sutton, in the southwest of the capital.
14 June 2019 — In Defence of Marxism
Nico Baldion (Chair of Kensington and Chelsea Momentum) and Dan Langley
Image: Natalie Oxford
When Theresa May made a tearful resignation announcement in front of Downing Street recently, many posts on social media went viral speaking about the lack of tears from the Prime Minister over Grenfell. In any case, Grenfell families wouldn’t have been comforted by any tears then, and they certainly won’t be now. They want justice.
14 June 2019 — WSWS
By Socialist Equality Party (UK)
The Grenfell Tower fire of June 14, 2017 is an event seared into the consciousness of working people across London and around the world. 72 men, women and children perished in their homes.
8 June 2019 — WSWS
The Socialist Equality Party condemns the imprisonment of Grenfell justice campaigner Reis Morris. His jailing is a vicious act of class justice aimed at suppressing opposition and protecting those responsible for 72 deaths in the Grenfell Tower inferno.
25 May 2019 — Verso Books
Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing John Boughton
“An elegant and compendious ongoing exploration of Britain’s social history through its council estate… There couldn’t be a better time for this book.” – Lynsey Hanley, Guardian
25 May 2019 — WSWS
The publication of the first report from the Grenfell fire inquiry has been delayed until at least October this year, nearly two and a half years after the devastating fire which claimed 72 lives.
10 May 2019 — Global Research
After two years of denial, evasion and procrastination, this government has finally accepted ultimate responsibility for the atrocity of multiple deaths in Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, West London on 14th June 2017.
6 May 2019 — WSWS
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is set to face heavy criticism from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, aiding the Conservative government in shifting blame from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and other guilty corporate parties.
The New Dark Age 