Ministers have ordered a comprehensive analysis of the soil around Grenfell Tower amid concerns the fire may have led to a large area being contaminated with harmful toxins. The announcement from the government came three weeks after the Guardian re...
The tenant in the flat where the Grenfell Tower fire broke out has said refurbishment of the building degraded the property, creating gaps around his kitchen window and placing gas pipes in corridors. Behailu Kebede, who lived in flat 16 on the four...
A year ago we witnessed Britain’s deadliest fire in living memory. The morning after, we learned that warnings about fire safety from residents had been ignored. Later we heard about the safety failures at national and local level, and companies haw...
The government’s chief fire safety adviser approved as safe for use cladding similar to that which spread the deadly Grenfell Tower fire, according to a certificate unearthed by Labour. Sir Ken Knight, who was appointed as the independent expert adv...