Angela Rayner’s lunchtime announcement to the House of Commons, giving details of the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report, was a week earlier than the Prime Minister’s commitment to respond to the Inquiry within six months of its publication on 4 September 2024. Frankly, it’s the only deadline that has been met in the sorry saga that has taken almost eight years to bring the Inquiry’s business to a conclusion.
Sir Martin Moore-Bick made 58 recommendations, 37 of which were directed at government, with the remainder directed at other bodies and institutions. A dozen recommendations are aimed at one or other of His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, the National Fire Chiefs’ Council, the London Fire Brigade, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the British Standards Institution, the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Architects Registration Board, and the government response indicates that all have been accepted by the relevant authority.
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