A high-rise fire killed Catherine. The cladding firm kept selling

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🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Eight years before the Grenfell tragedy, a fire in a high-rise building killed six people. Now a Sunday Times investigation has raised serious questions about the cladding used on those flats and thousands of others in the UK. So is this Britain's biggest corporate scandal?

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Guest: Martina Lees, Senior Property Writer, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers:

Taryn Siegel
Olivia Case.

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0:00.0	It's the book that's making headlines.
0:02.2	Careless People is the explosive memoir that Facebook doesn't want you to read.
0:06.2	The United Nations isn't important enough for Mark to do an event before noon.
0:10.4	He still doesn't like getting out of bed early.
0:12.5	An instant Sunday Times bestseller, Careless People is Sarah Wynne Williams' jaw-dropping story of her years as a Facebook executive.
0:19.4	Don't let Cheryl know.
0:21.0	She needs to know all your attention is on her.
0:24.2	Power, greed, madness.
0:26.5	Careless people.
0:27.3	Out now and hardback, e-book and audiobook.
0:30.6	Hey, we're still off a pickleball Sunday.
0:32.5	Oh, so hold on a sec.
0:34.0	Hey, how's the hustle?
0:35.1	Pretty busy.
0:35.8	No time to chat.
0:36.6	I'm married to the grind.
0:38.0	He's asking me my 10K time.
0:39.9	That's none of your business.
0:41.2	This place, so boring.
0:44.1	It's just not me.
0:45.2	Oh dear.
0:46.1	Is your business stuck in the wrong place?
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