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UK: Grenfell Tower fire the upshot of 'decades of failure'

Deutsche Welle Wednesday, 4 September 2024 ()
A damning final report on the huge 2017 fire at a London high rise building that killed 72 people called the tragedy "the culmination of decades of failure by central government" and others in the construction industry.
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