#grenfell-tower

#grenfell-tower

Family handout Nick Burton was rescued from the 19th floor of Grenfell Tower with his wife of 30 years, Pily. Soon after she suffered a stroke and when she died became the 72nd victim of the fire. He says it was important for him to go to Arconic's Pittsburgh headquarters. "For all these years they're going about their business making record profits," he says. "We wanted to give them a wake-up call and show them we are still here."

I hope that coming out of the Grenfell tragedy, we can erase that sense. There were a group of people whose very housing meant that they were in some sense second class to others.

Eight years since the fire - lit by negligence, greed and institutional failure - tore through our homes, our families and our hearts. And still no justice has come.

"The process has been painful and really long, and residents are suffering through living in a building site. The promise of a 21st-century model estate is highly unlikely."

"This challenge is a remembrance for Ernie [Vital] and his mum [Marjorie Vital] and the other 70 people that died in the fire."

The trust is broken in the Met Police and the systems. Now they want to build a tower and on and on it goes. The Grenfell Tower fire was the culmination of decades of failure by central government and the construction industry.

The lawsuit alleges that Beko Europe, the maker of the fridge-freezer implicated in the Grenfell Tower fire, failed to conduct adequate safety tests on this appliance.

Maryan Nur expressed her frustration, saying, "Imagine waiting for all of these years and you think finally you'll come back to your room, your building, your flat and it's inside out."

Some thought it should remain as an angry reminder of systemic failure, of as yet undelivered justice and of harrowing grief. Others believed a more peaceful monument to the 72 dead and the many more severely traumatised would be beneficial.

A statement Grenfell United, which represents survivors and bereaved families, said: 'We've said this to every secretary of state for housing since the very beginning: consult the bereaved and survivors meaningfully before reaching a decision on the tower.'

One survivor of the Grenfell Tower blaze expressed disgust over Quentin Marshall's backing of Kemi Badenoch, highlighting the perilous disconnect between politics and resident safety.