Grenfell Tower

• The long journey towards rebuilding trust at Kensington and Chelsea RLBC

  The Grenfell tragedy and its aftermath were devastating, says Elizabeth Campbell - and she pledges to listen more closely to local people to ensure they 'have a real stake in what is happening on their own doorsteps and in their own lives'.

  

• Twelve councils given funding to remove unsafe cladding

  The Government has released the first £248m of a fund to pay for the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding from high-rise tower blocks.

  

• Council worker charged with Grenfell Tower fraud

  A council worker has been accused of stealing money intended for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

  

• Government steps in following Grenfell Tower outcry

  The Government will take on responsibility for the Grenfell Tower site, Marsham Street has announced.

  

• MPs call for sprinklers to be fitted to all high-rise residential buildings

  The Government should provide funding to enable councils to fit sprinklers in all high-rise residential buildings to avoid another tragedy like the Grenfell Tower fire, MPs have argued today.

  

• Removal of combustible cladding has left some buildings at ‘serious fire risk’

  The removal of combustible cladding from tower blocks could be making buildings more dangerous, experts have warned MPs.

  

• Councils double number of fire safety tenders in wake of Grenfell

  The number of councils tendering for fire safety work has shot up in the year since the Grenfell disaster, according to the latest figures.

  

• What the fire taught us

  After Grenfell, changes to governance and consultation were the recommendations of a study for Kensington & Chelsea RLBC by the Centre for Public Scrutiny, and the Democratic Society. Jacqui McKinlay explains.

  

• Council efforts to rehouse Grenfell survivors ‘fallen way short’, report says

  Kensington and Chelsea council’s performance in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy has ‘fallen way short’, according to a new report into the rehousing of those who survived the fire.

  

• Council response to Grenfell tragedy was 'weak' - report

  Damage caused by Kensington and Chelsea RLBC's ‘weak’ response in the immediate aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire will be ‘difficult to repair,’ a report has suggested.