UK probe blames deadly Grenfell Tower fire on 'dishonesty and greed'

Fu a British government probe into the country's deadliest residential Blaze since World War II concluded that the debts from the grenfell tower fire with a result of incompetence and greed here's the head of the inquiry Martin Mo Bick the simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable and those who lived in the tower were 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 building and its occupants the report released on Wednesday comes more than 7 years after 72 people died when Flames ripped through the 23 story social housing Block in one of London's richest areas I want to start with an apology prime minister Kia stama apologized to the relatives of the victims and survivors saying they had been failed for years and action was being taken so I can tell the house today that this government will write to all companies found by the inquiry to be part of these horrific failings as the first step to stopping them being awarded government contracts and we will of course support the metropolit police and the prosecutors as they complete their investigations the 1700 page reports said The Inferno started by an electrical fault and a refrigerator was the culmination of profits being put before people namely by the companies and authorities involved in the maintenance and refit of the apartment Tower Flames spread uncontrollably because the tower had been covered with cladding made of flammable material that acted as a fuel source some companies are accused of dishonestly marketing the materials as safe claims those companies denyce British police have said 58 people and 19 firms and organizations are under investigation but prosecutions including for corporate manslaughter and fraud remain years away because of the complexity and need to consider the inquiry report at a forum for survivors and relatives of the disaster many said they are yet to see Justice ham share lost his mother sister her husband and their children in the fire this inquiry was forced on us we had no say we were not consulted and like I say to some it gives answers and to some it doesn't do anything except it's put that extra nail in the coffin as they say or in the hearts government figures from July showed over 3,000 buildings standing at 11 M or higher in Britain still had unsafe cladding with remediation work yet to start on more than 2third of them

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