William Eichler 10 February 2025

Grenfell Tower to be dismantled ‘sensitively’

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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has written to bereaved families who lost loved ones in the Grenfell Tower fire explaining that the building will be ‘sensitively’ taken down.

A statement on the Government’s website said that for some in the community the presence of the tower helps to ensure the tragedy in June 2017, which saw 72 people killed, would never be forgotten, while for others it was a ‘painful reminder’.

Engineering advice given to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says the tower is ‘significantly damaged’ and will ‘continue to worsen over time.’ It also concluded it was ‘not practicable’ to preserve many of the floors of the building as part of a memorial.

The statement read: ‘Taking the engineering advice into account the Deputy Prime Minister concluded that it would not be fair to keep some floors of the building that are significant to some families, whilst not being able to do so for others and knowing that, for some, this would be deeply upsetting.’

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