A year into the Grenfell inquiry, the families have been failed again | Seraphima Kennedy

The inquiry urgently needs to build trust. Instead it is ignoring basic requests, in a display of inflexible controlWhen the Grenfell Tower inquiry opened, one year ago today, the mood was still one of shock: how could a fire like this happen, how could it wipe out whole families and devastate a community, in this country, in the 21st century? There was scepticism as the inquiry opened, with most survivors still homeless and many bereaved still waiting for forensic investigations before they could bury their loved ones. The first hearing ended with Michael Mansfield QC shouting questions at inquiry chair Martin Moore-Bick’s retreating figure. Lawyers for the families – and the families themselves – were not invited to speak.The inquiry needs to learn the lessons it set out so well during the commemorations Continue reading…
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