Grenfell: What happens to those the inquiry blames?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The inquiry lasted six years and concluded there was "systematic dishonesty" from cladding firms, "complacency" from governments and an "inappropriate" relationship between inspectors and those they were inspecting.
Niall Paterson is joined by our science and technology editor Tom Clarke to look at the findings and recommendations of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, and how the fire was the final, fatal link in a chain of unimaginable human failure.
Also, our home news correspondent Rachael Venables speaks to survivors and families of the people who died about what they want to happen next.
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| 0:59.9 | Welcome back to the Sky News Daily. Neil Patterson here. And today we're taking you through the conclusions of the Grenfell Tower inquiry. |
| 1:07.0 | We are now seven years on from the blaze that engulfed the high rise and which ultimately led to 72 deaths. |
| 1:14.3 | The inquiry chair, Sir Martin Mourbic, identified dishonest firms, complacent governments, and indifferent authorities and regulators as responsible. |
| 1:24.5 | Here is, Sir Martin, at the report's launch. |
| 1:26.7 | The simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable, |
| 1:32.6 | and those who lived in the tower were badly failed over a number of years, |
| 1:37.4 | and in a number of different ways, |
| 1:39.8 | by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the building and its occupants. |
| 1:46.5 | We spoke to her yesterday. She was at Grenfell the Night of the Fire. Our correspondent, Rachel Venables, |
| 1:50.9 | will be here later to tell us what the survivors and the bereaved made of the report. |
| 1:56.0 | But first, our science and technology editor, Tom Clark. Tom, it's difficult to know where to start, |
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