No one should have died in the Grenfell Tower fire. They did, according to the final Inquiry Report out today, because of failings, incompetence, Dishonesty And Greed at almost every level governments, construction contractors, Cladding And Insulation firms, the local council, the tenant management organisation, the architect and the London Fire brigade. Tonight well talk to survivors and to those who lost Loved Ones and ask What Happens Next . Welcome to newsnight. Tonights programme is about the absolutely scathing conclusions of the final Inquiry Report published today into the Grenfell Tower fire. With us this evening natasha elcock, chair of Grenfell United, which represents some of the families of victims and survivors. Natasha lived in The Tower on the 11th Floor and lost her uncle, steven power. Karim mussilhy is here. Hes the Vice Chair of Grenfell United his Uncle Hesham Rahman died that night. Tiago alves grew up in The Tower he escaped from the 13th Floor with his mum, dad
at home safely. lung disease costs the nhs billions. ministers say more funding for research and new targets to cut pollution and smoking should make a difference. but doctors think more still needs to be done to improve and save thousands of lives. jim reed, bbc news. let s return to today s scathing review of london s metropolitan police which found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the report s author baronness casey said many londoners had lost faith in the metropolitan police and the force could be broken up if it didn t change. labour party leader sir keir starmer and shadow home secretary yvette cooper are giving a press conference in response to the report, let s listen in. good afternoon everyone thank you very much forjoining us. baroness casey s report today commissioned by the mayor of london is forensic, thorough and truly damning. it is deeply critical about the problems in the metropolitan police and the urgent change some of
conditions on the battlefield somehow, try and convince them that this additional money could help change the trajectory of the war because it is true that ukraine remains bogged down in this counteroffensive that has not necessarily changed the battle lines so far. and so he will be at the white house meeting with president biden. he will also be on capitol hill. he ll address a meeting of all senators in person. and he will also meet with the republican house speaker mike johnson. but you re already hearing some republican pushback to this visit. the conservative senator j.d. vance from ohio said that zelenskyy will come to washington and demand that congress care more about his border than our own. and it is this issue of the border that does seem to be stalling these talks. because remember, republicans are trying to use the ukraine aid as leverage to secure tighter restrictions on migration into the united states. president biden has said that he is open to significant c
in the metropolitan police so that they they did have confidence in the metropolitan police, but did say that some things needed to change. to be perfectly honest, i don t have confidence. do i feel safe. yes and no. because there s been times when i haven t felt like they did anything. i i think they are doing a good jobl trying to keep the community safe and to sort things out. yeah, this was like essentially when they like they see you, they re just going to find a reason to disturb you, find a reason to stop you. even when i m driving, i m just like, stay away from them. because there s any reason. to be honest, from the bottom of my heart, i m feeling safe. we have white police around.