Rishi Sunak extends ‘deepest apologies’ to Grenfell victims
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Rishi Sunak extends ‘deepest apologies’ to Grenfell victims
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak responds to the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report – telling MPs that "as a prime minister, current or former, you are a custodian of the state and its failures, whether on your watch or not, are something that you feel deeply.
And to that end, I want to extend my deepest apologies to the families and victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
The state let you down and it must never do so again".
Report by Czubalam.
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