Starmer apologises for Grenfell fire, saying state ‘failed to protect’ families
Sir Keir Starmer said he was determined to ensure the ‘legacy of Grenfell Tower’ was one of the ‘defining changes’ he made as Prime Minister.
Sir Keir Starmer said he was determined to ensure the ‘legacy of Grenfell Tower’ was one of the ‘defining changes’ he made as Prime Minister.
People in England and Wales not in receipt of pension credit or other means-tested benefits will lose out under the policy.
Mike Kane described airspace management as ‘an analogue system in a digital age’.
Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak pressed the Prime Minister over the issue in the House of Commons.
Irish premier Simon Harris met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
The timing of the reported increase would be unhelpful for pensioners struggling to make ends meet over the winter, one expert said.
Grenfell Tower was covered in flammable materials because of ‘systematic dishonesty’ from those who made and sold cladding and insulation, it said.
Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s inquiry accused ministers of a ‘serious failure of leadership’ in the government’s drive towards deregulation after 2010.
The blaze in the high-rise block of flats in west London in June 2017 claimed 72 lives.
The report is made up of seven volumes and runs to about 1,700 pages.
The report found that the Lakanal House fire in Southwark, south London, in 2009 ‘foreshadowed’ the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire.
Figures in local and central government faced strong criticism in the inquiry’s final report.
Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison said she was ‘disappointed’ members of Unison had voted against the local government pay deal.
The chip maker had nearly 300 billion dollars wiped off its market value.
James Kirby was one of three British aid workers killed in Gaza by an Israeli airstrike on April 1.