The Grenfell Tower Report

Since few people, including me, are going to read the full 1,700 page report, I recommend the attached convenient summary.  It was a failure of government: a failure of regulation; a belief that deregulation is in the public interest; a weakening of public control.  I’m sure there are many obvious lessons.  But the central fault was allowing firms to get away with murder.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/04/grenfell-is-simply-explained-firms-chased-profits-ministers-sat-on-their-hands-innocents-paid-with-their-lives?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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