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The final Grenfell inquiry report and what it means for families – Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

News, Politics

4.01.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London was the result of ‘decades of failure’ by central government, the public inquiry into the catastrophe has found. The Guardian’s John Harris looks at the findings of the report with the social affairs leader writer Susanna Rustin. And, as Labour continues to warn ‘things will get worse before they get better’, we are joined by the economists James Meadway and Ann Pettifor to discuss whether a painful period of austerity-lite is the only way through the storm. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

Transcript

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This is the Guardian.

0:10.0

The final report of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire was published this week

0:15.0

and it found that decades of failure by successive governments led to that disaster.

0:20.0

The simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable. The

0:25.0

Prime Minister says this is a watershed moment.

0:28.0

Mr. Baker today is a long-awaited day of truth,

0:31.0

but it must now lead to a day of justice.

0:35.0

But after seven years, will anything actually change?

0:38.0

And Parliament's back, but the government's mood is far from positive.

0:42.0

But I'm absolutely determined to ensure that working people are better off.

0:46.6

Under the last government, the tax burden reached its highest level in 70 years.

0:51.1

Is a painful period of labour austerity the only route through?

0:54.0

I'm John Harris and you're listening to Politics Week, the UK for The Guardian.

0:58.0

So Martin Morebick published his final report into the Grenfell disaster on Wednesday.

1:04.5

In it he said that the simple truth is that all of the deaths caused were avoidable and that people

1:09.6

in Grenfell Tower were badly failed over a number of years in a number of different ways by those who

1:15.8

are responsible for the safety of the building and the people who lived in it.

1:19.4

The simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable and those who lived in the tower were

1:26.7

badly failed over a number of years and in a number of different ways by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the

1:36.1

building and its occupants.

1:38.8

Not all of them bear the same degree of responsibility for the eventual disaster, but as our reports show, all contributed

1:47.2

to it in one way or another, in most cases through incompetence, but in some cases through dishonesty and greed.

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