kensington and chelsea council
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Grenfell Tower: Survivors and bereaved give evidence—“We will not be silenced anymore” By Paul Bond
The Inquiry is separating evidence about the night’s events from submissions on wider issues concerning the responsibility for the fire of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO)—which managed the building on its behalf. These are scheduled for Phase Two of the Inquiry, which will… Continue reading
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Metropolitan Police try to block Freedom of Information requests over Grenfell Tower By Simon Whelan
London Metropolitan Police have advised the Kensington and Chelsea Council (KCC) to prevent the release of correspondence that could provide damaging information on the failure to prevent a serious fire at Grenfell Tower. Police officers are monitoring and vetting Freedom of Information requests regarding what the council knew of fire risks to Grenfell Tower, and… Continue reading
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Grenfell Tower fire eyewitnesses: “It’s because of our class—we are the lowest socioeconomic class on the food chain”
20 September 2017 — WSWS Salma was an eyewitness to the Grenfell Tower fire. She knew the Wahabi family, of whom all five members perished in the inferno. She explained to the WSWS, “I live quite close to the block and what I saw that night was a catalogue of errors. It started as a Continue reading
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Grenfell Tower: This is what Austerity looks like By William Bowles
If there’s anything that illustrates the murderous endgame of neoliberalism and what it means and does people, this is it! But this is also Baghdad and it’s Damascus and a dozen other places around the globe getting a dose of democracy. Here it’s simple neglect powered by greed but it’s committed by the same governments,… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 