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11 Dec 17
Police have mounted an investigation in the Grenfell Tower fire disaster on a scale matched only by counter-terrorism operations.
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8 Nov 17
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has claimed it is a "different organisation now", in response to a highly critical report into its handling of the Grenfell Tower...
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7 Nov 17
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea “failed its community” on the night of the Grenfell fire and in the weeks that followed, according to the taskforce set up to examine...
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11 Sep 17
Barry Quirk, the interim chief executive of the Royal Borough of Chelsea and Kensington, will take up the post permanently.
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8 Sep 17
Only eight of the UK’s 173 social housing blocks which are taller than 18m have passed cladding fire safety tests in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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24 Aug 17
Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation has been relieved of its duties for the social housing estate where the Grenfell tower fire took place, Theresa May has confirmed.
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18 Aug 17
Housing umbrella bodies are looking to explore social housing policy issues arising from the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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15 Aug 17
The judge-led inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy will examine Kensington and Chelsea’s role in the build-up and aftermath of the blaze, the government has announced.
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14 Aug 17
Borrowing caps imposed by the government limited the budget of Kensington and Chelsea’s refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, council documents have revealed.
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3 Aug 17
The government has confirmed that 111 buildings have failed the latest cladding system tests, 90 of which are local authority or housing association run.
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28 Jul 17
Early full-scale tests of cladding systems in the UK have revealed 47 local authority or housing association owned buildings have failed the fire safety tests.
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27 Jul 17
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has named four members to the Grenfell Recovery Taskforce, which will oversee the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s efforts to recover from last month...
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26 Jul 17
Claims by communities secretary Sajid Javid that no councils have asked for the financial support offered by the government after the Grenfell fire tragedy have been called into question.
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5 Jul 17
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea faces government intervention in the wake of its much-criticised response to the Grenfell Tower fire disaster.
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4 Jul 17
The leader brought in as a new broom at the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea served in its cabinet until less than three weeks before the Grenfell Tower fire disaster.
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22 Jun 17
The chief executive of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has resigned following the fatal fire in which police believe at least 79 people died.
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19 Jun 17
Civil servants and other local authority staff have been brought in to take over the response to the tragic Grenfell tower fire.
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16 Jun 17
The government has confirmed emergency financial assistance will be given to Kensington and Chelsea Council in the wake of the fatal Grenfell Tower fire.
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15 Jun 17
Prime minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into a tower block fire in which at least 17 people have lost their lives.