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Residents of Grenfell Tower and politicians have been reacting to the terms of reference for the public inquiry into the fire, announced yesterday.
In the news
Labour politicians have slammed the inquiry’s focus, claiming it fails to include consideration of wider social housing issues.
Those to speak out include London mayor Sadiq Khan, shadow housing minister John Healey and MP for Kensington and Chelsea Emma Dent Coad.
Ms Dent Coad told the London Evening Standard that the terms of reference were “a complete betrayal of everything we were promised”.
Joe Delaney of the Grenfell Action Group said the terms “could be wide enough”, but questioned why the first hearing will not take place until 14 September on Radio 4’s World at One.
Inside Housing has published the full correspondence between the inquiry’s chair, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, and prime minister Theresa May.
The New Statesman carries an opinion piece about the inquiry, while The Guardian has published two letters discussing the disaster.
In other news, The Guardian reported last night on a study about social care by Newcastle University academics, which predicts that an extra 71,000 care home spaces are needed in the next eight years.
On social media
Your monthly reminder that houses cost a lot of money. Average UK price topped £223k in June; average earnings are ~£26k pic.twitter.com/hZE4r4ki77
— Matt Whittaker (@MattWhittakerRF)Your monthly reminder that houses cost a lot of money. Average UK price topped £223k in June; average earnings are ~£26k pic.twitter.com/hZE4r4ki77
— Matt Whittaker (@MattWhittakerRF) August 15, 2017
Please take 2 minutes for the @CIHFutures Survey! If you’re in #ukhousing we need your input, whether member or no! t.co/Af475PZbuO
— Gem Stockdale (@gem_stockdale)Please take 2 minutes for the @CIHFutures Survey! If you're in #ukhousing we need your input, whether member or no! https://t.co/Af475PZbuO
— Gem Stockdale (@gem_stockdale) August 15, 2017
Inside Housing is calling for immediate action to implement the learning from the Lakanal House fire, and a commitment to act – without delay – on learning from the Grenfell Tower tragedy as it becomes available.
We will submit evidence from our research to the Grenfell public inquiry.
The inquiry should look at why opportunities to implement learning that could have prevented the fire were missed, in order to ensure similar opportunities are acted on in the future.