Government part to blame for Grenfell, admits Gove
Daily Express|January 30, 2023
MICHAEL Gove has admitted the Government’s “faulty and ambiguous” guidance was partly to blame for the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Steph Spyro
Government part to blame for Grenfell, admits Gove

The Housing Secretary acknowledged ministers and officials had not “done right” by the bereaved and survivors of the blaze that killed 72 people in June 2017.

The fire in North Kensington, west London, triggered a public inquiry which is yet to deliver its final report.

It heard evidence that official guidance was widely seen to allow highly flammable cladding on tall buildings.

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