Two main themes of report expected to be governmental failure to regulate construction industry and dishonesty of private companies over product safety
Here is another extract from Robert Booth’s earlier article on the imminent publication of the final Grenfell Tower inquiry report:
Today’s publication will be the second and final inquiry report. In 2019, phase one conclusions focused on the night of the fire and found London fire brigade commanders were not properly prepared and there were “serious deficiencies in command and control”. It also found the cut-price refurbishment breached building regulations and the plastic filled aluminium cladding panels made by Arconic were the main cause of the fire spreading.
I think that the process of looking at the material through a criminal investigation and prosecution will be sped up. I wish I could say that means we’ll have an instant decision, or a decision in a number of weeks or months
But the complexity, as proved by the extraordinary length of the inquiry, means that I would like to think by the end of next year, so in one year’s time, we’ll know.
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