'I am deeply sorry': UK PM Keir Starmer after report on Grenfell Tower fire incident
Wednesday, 4 September 2024 UK PM Keir Starmer issued an apology to Grenfell Tower fire victims following a report attributing the tragedy to government and industry failings. The 2017 blaze, which claimed 72 lives, was exacerbated by flammable cladding. Survivors call for justice as investigations focus on multiple individuals and organisations. In its final 1,700-page report, the inquiry laid most of the responsibility on the companies involved in the building's maintenance and refurbishment.
Sir Keir Starmer responds to the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report – telling MPs that "words can lose their meaning in the face of an injustice so painful, so deserving of anger”. Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir also said the Inquiry had found that "decades...
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said that survivors of the Grenfell fire tragedy want "change and justice", and that such change must come quickly. She committed to "working at pace" to ensure..
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a formal apology on behalf of the state to the victims of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 72 lives. Acknowledging the government's failure to..
"Systematic dishonesty" and "persistent failure" were among the chief causes of the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people in June 2017, rules an inquiry into the disaster. Unveiling his..