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You join us youjoin us in you join us in The Shadow of Grenfell Tower, very familiar to most people, of course, that green heart at the top of the building, saying, grenfell, forever in our hearts, the rest of the building covered in tarpaulin, and it was the worst disaster of its kind in modern british history. Today, more than seven years on from that dreadful fire, than seven years on from that dreadfulfire, the public dreadful fire, the Public Inquiry dreadfulfire, the Public Inquiry into Grenfell Tower and what happened that night has published its final report. The conclusions are damning, that the Place Injune 2017 was the result of decades of failures, failures by successive governments, by the Systematic Dishonesty as it was put on Cladding And Insulation companies and by a lack of strategy by the Fire Service. It was a path to disaster, the inquiry said, that ended in 72 people losing their lives. The inquiry found that all their deaths were avoidable. Speaking in parliament prime Minister Sir KeirStarmer Apologise on behalf of the british state, saying there would be radical action to ensure such disasters could never happen again. Representatives of the bereaved and the survivors said they had been failed by greed, corruption and negligence. And well todays 7000 Page Document provides significant answers, there is still deep anger from families, who said they have entered a seven Year Delay to justice, with potential criminal proceedings held back until the inquiry had concluded. This afternoon we are looking in depth at those conclusions and the impact it could have on public safety, but first our correspondents Graham Satchell reports on this final phase of landmark inquiry. It is seven years, two months and 20 days since the fire at Grenfell Tower. 0n the streets, faded with time, memorials to the 72 people who lost their lives, and questions which today, finally, are being answered. The Public Inquiry� s report is 1,700 pages long. It concludes the fire was the result of decades of failure by governments, and the construction industry, stretching back to the 1990s. 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. Grenfell tower was refurbished in 2016. It was covered in insulation and cladding the grey panels seen here. The cladding was by far the largest contributor to the fire. The inquiry says its makers a company Called Arconic knew it was combustible and were engaged in what it calls Systematic Dishonesty. The inquiry found faults with the companies that produced the insulation used in the refurbishment, celotex and kingspan, saying both made misleading claims about their products. The web of companies and organisations that oversaw the refurbishment are also criticised the architects, contractors and subcontractors all share responsibility, it says, in what the inquiry calls an unedifying Merry Go Round of buckpassing. Thered been previous warnings that cladding used on high rise blocks was dangerous. A fire in South London in 2009 killed six people. A decade earlier, a fire swept through a Tower Block in north ayrshire. The inquiry says there were many opportunities to take action. When the Coalition Government came in, in 2010, ministers were told to cut Red Tape to free up business. The inquiry says this dominated thinking to such an extent that even matters affecting safety of life were ignored, delayed or disregarded. The Fire Service is also criticised as complacent for not planning and training for high rise fires, and for not changing its stay put policy sooner. For the families and survivors of Grenfell Tower, Todays Inquiry paints a complex picture of collective failure every level. Human life was never a priority and we lost friends, neighbours and Loved Ones in the most horrific way, through greed, corruption, incompetence and negligence. The recommendations published today are basic safety principles that should already exist. 0n Railings at the foot of the tower, the names of the 72 people who were killed. Still, no one has been held responsible for their deaths. 72 innocent people killed by incompetence, dishonesty and greed. And still, the Wait Forjustice goes on. Graham satchell, bbc news. Joining me now is a survivor of the fire but whose wife was the 72nd victim of that night at grenfell. We really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. Its been an incredibly busy day for you and a very important day for you. Your reaction to what that final report, the second report had to say, a lot to look through . I like to look through. Theres thousands and thousands of pages of documents and we have been looking at the recommendations a lot to look through. Now the conclusion of years of waiting, now its finally in Black And White for us we heard all the years of the inquiry, going every single day, but now its in Black And White and we can start to charge ahead. [30 can start to charge ahead. Do ou feel can start to charge ahead. Do you feel your views, what you have been saying, in long seven years, do you feel they have been vindicated by what Sir Martin published today . Yeah. He was very martin published today . Yeah. He was very strong martin published today . Yeah. He was very strong in martin published today . Yeah. He was very strong in his he was very strong in his remarks about the situation, and its forensic. Theyve gone through every aspect. I think its as good as it could ever get, and now its for us to pick apart as well and Name And Shame these corporations for their greed. Shame these corporations for their greed their greed. And the fight for ustice their greed. And the fight for justice continues, their greed. And the fight for justice continues, of their greed. And the fight for justice continues, of course, | justice continues, of course, and we know now that the metropolitan police and eventually the cps potentially will pick that up, he met saying theyre going to go through the Inquiry Report Line ljy through the Inquiry Report Line by line, look at the evidence they have, but it could be another three years, putting it, before potentially there any charges . How are you feeling about that . Do you think things have been done, i guess they could never have been done quickly enough, but do you think things have been donein do you think things have been done in a very orderly way . You say the report is forensic. I5 say the report is forensic. I3 forensic and its taken this long to get to this stage, but the police from day one, they have been on the case, and they have been on the case, and they have informed us they are going to take 12 to 18 months, and that will bring us onto the tenth anniversary, so ten years of our lives before we start seeing people being arrested or in court or anything, so its a long, longjourney, in court or anything, so its a long, long journey, and weve just got to stay the course. Stay the course. How do you, at each stage, each anniversary, pick yourself up and go again, to keep pursuing that fight for justice youve been talking about right from the beginning . We support and help each other, and the community of course, we wrap ourselves around each other, and wejust wrap ourselves around each other, and we just cut to keep going. Weve only got one thing on our mind and we did not ask to be put in the situation, but it would be a dishonor to the people who died to just let it 90, people who died to just let it go, so we come together, we remember, and then we continue to fight. Remember, and then we continue to fiuht. ~ remember, and then we continue to fiuht. Or , remember, and then we continue to fiuht. ,. , to fight. Nick, ust finally, briefl , to fight. Nick, ust finally, briefly. Do to fight. Nick, just finally, briefly, do you to fight. Nick, just finally, briefly, do you think to fight. Nick, just finally, briefly, do you think nowl briefly, do you think now people have set up and taken notice . ~ ,. , people have set up and taken notice . ~ , , notice . Absolutely. Is there in black and notice . Absolutely. Is there in Black And White notice . Absolutely. Is there in Black And White and notice . Absolutely. Is there in Black And White and its Black And White and its calling out these greedy corporations, graham arconic. The Government Need to clampdown on the they cant have a free for all. Yeah, its challenging. Have a freeforall. Yeah, its challenging challenging. Nick, thank you very much. Challenging. Nick, thank you very much, nick challenging. Nick, thank you very much, nick burton, very much, nick burton, survivor of grenfell fire. Those Corporations Nick was talking about, many of them have said they recognise their part in what happened, that they are working with the authorities. Arconic, the manufacturer of the cladding that was on grenfell, it still is insisting that its cladding is insisting that its cladding is safe. 0ur Macomb EditorMark Easton told us that despite recent legislation, there is still a long way to go before the risk of similar fires is eliminated. The risk of similar fires is eliminated. , �. ,. , eliminated. Youve had two acts of parliament, eliminated. Youve had two acts of parliament, building eliminated. Youve had two acts of parliament, building Safety I of parliament, building Safety Act and fire Safety Act, both of which are absolutely designed to make sure that blocks like Grenfell Tower, that kind of tragedy cannot happen again. But we have seen in recent times fires. Entire blocks were things have not gone well. We saw the fire in dagenham just a week ago, where there was cladding on the walls of a block which was known to be unsafe and its still not been removed. There are i think 71 of buildings that are known to have dangerous cladding, the work has not and completed, and half of them it has not even been started, so i think one really wants to believe that this is a tragedy that will change things, and as i say, there has been legislation that has been introduced, but theres still some way to go, i think, before we can really say that this is a watershed moment. fix. That this is a watershed moment that this is a watershed moment. �. , ,. , ~ moment. A little earlier, spoke to a social moment. A little earlier, spoke to a Social Housing moment. A little earlier, spoke to a social Housing Campaigner| to a social Housing Campaigner who is plain how he got involved in advocacy work, including for those impacted either grenfell disaster. Izre either grenfell disaster. Ive been campaigning either grenfell disaster. I� e been campaigning for the either grenfell disaster. I2 been campaigning for the last for the last four years now. 0r for the last four years now. Or just over three years on behalf of residents up and down the country, living in terrible conditions who reach out to me because they are ignored by multiple other agencies. I myself have lived in disrepair and insecure housing, lived in and insecure housing, lived in a temporary housing, experience homelessness, so i know what it is like first hand, the impact it had on me and i try and help others. ,. ,. , others. Your thoughts on the second and others. Your thoughts on the second and final others. Your thoughts on the second and final report others. Your thoughts on the second and final report on i others. Your thoughts on the | second and final report on the Grenfell Inquiry Today . Its second and final report on the Grenfell Inquiry Today . Grenfell Inquiry Today . Its a complete Grenfell Inquiry Today . Its a complete damning Grenfell Inquiry Today . Its a i complete damning indictment. Grenfell Inquiry Today . Its a complete damning indictment. It highlights a Dereliction Of Duty on behalf of multiple agencies, which tragically resulted in the lives of 72 individuals being robbed of them through no fault of their own. The grenfell community, it will come as no surprise in terms of the names of organisations and individuals within this report. But up until this point, sadly, not enough has been done and i know the unity would agree with me on that, seven years on, yet people are living still in unsafe homes, half A Million people going to bed the night in homes still covered in cladding for seven years on, its a shame and enough really has not been up until this point. Has not been up until this oint. ,. ,. , point. Today in House Of Commons point. Today in House Of Commons we point. Today in House Of Commons we heard point. Today in House Of Commons we heard the | point. Today in House Of Commons we heard the prime Minister Talk about Working Class people, people of colour, being dismissed and ignored. Is that the spirits of the people youve spoken to in your campaigning . When they have raised concerns is that the experience . Have raised concerns is that the experience . Have raised concerns is that the experience . They have come to me because the experience . They have come to me because they the experience . They have come to me because they have the experience . They have come to me because they have been i to me because they have been ignored by other agencies. The people will be Working Class people, the people in london happen to be from black and ethnic minority groups and they are ignored, i can name the cases of the family, he was ignored. This is a regular Expense Icy up and on the country, the way in which residents are dismissed, they are looked at as second class citizens, they are not respected, their complaint are not taken fiercely and their lives continue even today to be put at risk when they do complain. Put at risk when they do complain put at risk when they do comlain. ,. , complain. How do you unpick that, how complain. How do you unpick that, how unit complain. How do you unpick that, how unit on complain. How do you unpick that, how unit on pick complain. How do you unpick that, how unit on pick that i that, how unit on pick that attitude, that treatment, and you have confidence that based on whats happened today, the Prime Minister has said in House Of Commons, this is going to be a Turning Point . It starts with changing our foundation and that is a culture shift, and added two chips towards those living in Social Housing. I have explained how they are treated and still treated even now. Residents Today And Plan just like residence in grenfell had been planning prior to the fire. It comes with a cultural shift and that has to be led by government. You have to draw a line and set a precedent in seven individuals regardless of whether youre Working Class or of an ethnic minority living Social Housing your life is as valuable as anyone elses, and that has to be made clear the government, by angela rayner, and until that happens, and we change that culture, we Cant Tilt upon those foundations, those foundations are broken, and i see it on a daily basis, and the Government Needs to go much further in changing that if things are really going to change. Things are really going to chance. , change. Here with me now is peter herbert, change. Here with me now is peter herbert, former change. Here with me now is peter herbert, formerjudgel change. Here with me now is i peter herbert, Formerjudge And Member of lawyers for grenfell, of which he was chair. Thank you very much for your time today. Ive been asking all my Guest Today for their view on what they have heard from this second part of the inquiry. Your thoughts lisa . Firstly, heart goes your thoughts lisa . Firstly, heart goes out your thoughts lisa . Firstly, heart goes out to your thoughts lisa . Firstly, heart goes out to those your thoughts lisa . Firstly, heart goes out to those all. Heart goes out to those all those who lost Loved Ones and all those who suffered in the aftermath and still today, those lights can never be brought back. Those are my first and foremost concerns. 0n the report itself, we worked very hard on the ground in the early days to ensure there was proper consultation. There was not any. The consultation by even the inquiry was a bit of a shambles. It did not reflect the Ethnicity And Diversity of that community and one of the things a parent talking to the families was their concerns were ignored. Trade unions concerns were ignored and it would appear the contractors and those involved in the contractors put money before profits, before personal Safety Money and profits before. Safety money and profits before. , Safety Money and profits before. ,. , ~ before. Do you think the concerns before. Do you think the concerns you before. Do you think the concerns you were before. Do you think the l concerns you were talking before. Do you think the concerns you were talking about just never to do with Peoples Ethnicity and the fact that they were Working Class . Undoubtedly it was. And it is a part of this borough, part is very affluent and part is very poon very affluent and part is very poor, but not people who dont know what Right And Wrong is. We always felt, in the consultation and afterwards, ethnicity and Social Status did play a part in the dismissal of peoples concerns. If you go into chelsea avoid the same concerns be dismissed so readily, i dont think so . Irate readily, i dont think so . We know building recollections changed from being an Act Of Parliament that dont act to guidance. It was a culture of deregulation. What role do you think that has made in what happened here and the failure to pick up on chances to avoid this . , this . There were many opportunities, this . There were many opportunities, and this . There were many opportunities, and the | opportunities, and the deregulation was a driver within that. The Coalition Government, the less government, the less government, really put profit above personal safety, and so there were reports from coroners, there were many fires that had taken place, there was the Department Of The Environment that was a bit chaotic itself, so there were many missed opportunities to make sure this tragedy did not happen. You only have to look at some of the other countries such as the united states where this type of cladding is just an plea not allowed, you have speaker systems, there is still none, which is related in public housing in the united kingdom or even private housing, there should have been. ,. , housing, there should have been. , been. Many of those people you talk about deny been. Many of those people you talk about deny they been. Many of those people you talk about deny they were talk about deny they were floating or avoiding Safety Concerns but simply they thought the regulations were fine but it seems to have been a lack of curiosity, may be, that people did not go and check whether a product that was going to end up on high rise blocks like grenfell were fire retarded . Is that the Story Fire Retardant . I dont believe that. If youre a Cladding Company and you know your product has to be fire resistant, go and test it. Previous reports had said that we should not have to wait, until there are fatalities, before action is taken, so i think they did note, and one of the things i think is going to handicap, in the sense of things going forward, the fact that a criminal prosecution and will not take place and not complete now until the end of 2026. That is woefully inadequate. Memories will fade, people will have moved on, some people will have moved on, some people even have passed away, what should have happened in our view is the criminal prosecution should have been in parallel with the civil inquiry. Instantly not good enough to have it wait until everybody has been lawyered up and has avoided the consequences of their action, and then to consider prosecution. And then to consider prosecution. And then to consider rosecution. , � ,. , prosecution. Thats a view we heard earlier prosecution. Thats a view we heard earlier today. Prosecution. Thats a view we heard earlier today. Peter heard earlier today. Peter herbert, thanks very much for joining us, formerjudge, former chair of lawyers for grenville. We heard that from the barrister as well who happened to be former firefighter, saying that the criminal investigation, Police Investigation should have been happening in parallel with the Public Inquiry. Speaking in the House Of Commons earlier, Prime Ministers are Keir Starmer spoke indirectly to brief families prime Minister Sir Keir starmer. He apologised on half of the british state. In the face of an injustice so painful, so deserving of anger, words can begin to lose their meaning. Seven years still waiting for the justice that you deserve. I want to say very clearly, on behalf of the country, youve been let down so badly before, during and in the aftermath of this tragedy. So, mr speaker, i want to start with an apology on behalf of the british state to each and every one of you, and indeed to all of the families affected by this tragedy. It should never have happened. The country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty to protect you and your Loved Ones, the people that we are here to serve. And i am deeply sorry. In the light of such findings, it is imperative that there is full accountability, including through the Criminal Justice process, and that this happens as swiftly as possible. 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 metropolitan police and the prosecutors as they complete their investigations. The Prime Minister reacting in the House Of Commons to that second and final report from the Public Inquiry into the grenfell fire. Forthe the Public Inquiry into the grenfell fire. For the moment, from grenfell, back to the studio. Studio Annita Mcveigh any team there at grenfell, thank you very much, spending the whole day, just reflecting on that report, that was being described as a damning report. We will come back to that in just a moment. I want to update you on some thing else we are monitoring here at the bbc, because we are expecting israels Leader Regimen that yahoo to issue a press conference, after the beginning of the Week And Benjamin netanyahu. He apologised for hostages being killed. We are just monitoring the live shot and expected him to speak imminently with update after asking for forgiveness from israelis for failing to turn six hostages who were found dead over in gaza over the weekend, just monitoring the live shot there, and it comes as many of the families of the hostages who still remain in gaza have been protesting along with people who are protesting not happy with the way that israel is conducting, the israeli government is trying to get a hostage deal, and a cease fire deal, so Benjamin Netanyahu speaking imminently but not quite ready yet, so the moment that he does, we will bring that to you. We will return to grenfell. Our political Correspondent Nick early says it was unusual to hear the prime Minister Apologising on behalf of the government earlier on in the comments. Government earlier on in the Comments Government earlier on in the comments. ~ , comments. The prime Minister Apologising comments. The prime Minister Apologising on comments. The prime Minister Apologising on behalf comments. The prime Minister Apologising on behalf of comments. The prime Minister Apologising on behalf of the i apologising on behalf of the british state. We have seen that a few times recently, but historically it is a pretty rare thing to hear the prime Minister Apologising on behalf of the government in the comments, so that is a big deal. Keir starmeralso comments, so that is a big deal. Keir starmer also talked about a private visit he had to grenfell a couple of weeks ago, where he saw the site, he thought about what had happened and he talked about feeling a personal sense of, profound sense as he put it, they need to make changes and that being the legacy of the grenfell tragedy. But the truth is, when you read through the report, it was almost inevitable that the government would half to apologise and promise some really swift and decisive action because although the report talks about in this of failings across different parts of the public sector, across private companies, across individuals, it is really damning of the government. It goes all the way back to the early 90s and says there were previous fires where it was clear there was something wrong with Combustible Cladding and there was a chance for problems to be identified then. They were not. Its very critical of what used to be called the department for humidity and local government, saying that it was pretty lazzez about Fire Safety and really critical in particular of the 2010s in the Coalition Government was in power, it was talking a lot about deregulation, about reducing the paperwork and the number of rules that had to be followed, saying that that was a particular problem and it often led to Fire Safety being ignored, because there was such a driver deregulation. When you read the report, it is really damning of the way the government tackled the issue of Fire Safety, and although the Prime Minister has said today that the government will take quick and purposeful action to deal with some of the things that emerged in this report, i think a lot of people will still be waiting to see what happens and whether it matches that rhetoric before accepting it. �. ~ that rhetoric before accepting it. ~. ~. ,. , it. And, nick, we have heard from the it. And, nick, we have heard from the metropolitan it. And, nick, we have heardj from the metropolitan police and from the cps that their action that will take time, theyve got to go through the reports, the many, many hundreds of pages in this report, Line By line, and look to see how and if they can tie that into evidence that they have collected. In terms of government action, do you think thats going to be swifter . What can they do in the immediate future to say to the families, to safety the bereaved relatives, the survivors, the immediate grenfell community, we are actually turning this around, youre doing something different was yellow do you know, its a really good question, because there has been numerous question, because there has been numerous number question, because there has been numerous Number And J been numerous number and Reactions GovernmentReactions Government reactions to grenfell, the tragedy itself and interim reports over the years, that have involved apologies and promises that things will change and i think the question you raise is perhaps the most interesting one in response to the governments statement today, because the proof will be in the pudding, i think, for many people looking onto this. The government has said it will go away and look at the recommendations and come back and decide what to do. One of those recommendations is to have a Secretary Of State directly response will for the sorts of issues. That would be a Significance Depth for the government, but i suppose the bigger issue, the one that will be harder to address that has plagued governments for years as we have sought to address it, different conservative governments but with different ministers in the department, is how you deal with the potentially difficult issues with Combustible Cladding, with other cladding, with other Safety Issues in high rise flats. We saw and just last week in dagenham in london as well where there were real fears about what that fire could have done, so, yes, the government says it will act quickly, the Prime Minister has made it, in a sense, a personal mission to do something about that, using his only spirit ends of visiting grenfell, but the question will become more direct and consequential and concrete actions they decide to take using his own experience. And in that sense of that will be a wee bit down the length of the weeks potentially month before we know exactly what the government is going to do. Just to expend but we are watching, this is breaking news coming from the united states. The us state of georgia, where we are monitoring developing situation. We believe a shooting has happened at this High School that we are looking at. These are live shots coming from the united states, several amber ambulances outside the High School in the state of georgia, a number of sources, including reuters news agency, saying that two people have been killed, four have been injured in the shooting that took place at this High School in georgia was the this is an area just outside atlanta. That is reuters reporting this. They are also quoting msnbc, the us tv station, us news outlet, and so those are live images from georgia where an ongoing shooting had taken place at what we believe to be the apalachee High School in winder in georgia, just outside atlanta, at approximately 10 23am, localtime, and weve got some quotes from Barrow County sheriffs office, saying in a statement that approximately 10 23am, in a statement that approximately10 23am, in in a statement that approximately 10 23am, in the morning, localtime, officers from multiple Law Enforcement agencies and a Fire Personnel were dispatched to this High School in reference to a reported active shooting, and the statement as that this is an ongoing situation. This is according to the latest information from reuters that we are getting. Two people feared at least killed, four injured in this shooting in winder in georgia, just outside of atlanta, in the united states. Barrow county Schools Spokesperson said that the school has been secured by Law Enforcement and that students are being released, but the statement we have got is no other information was available, but our understanding is from this statement, from Barrow County sheriffs office, this is an ongoing situation, so arguably that means that the perpetrator, the Gun Person has not been apprehended yet, but from our understanding, at least two people are feared to have been killed at this shooting at this High School and four people at least believed to have been injured in what is being described in this statement from Barrow County sheriffs office, this being an ongoing situation. Live tv images and images where we understand that there are a number of ambulances with cnn saying that they saw a patient being loaded into a helicopter that had landed at the school where monitoring this is