The report said the inquiry into Grenfell has “not brought to light any evidence” that racial or social prejudice played a role in the fire.
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Blame, when it comes, is often aimed at companies rather than individuals.
What to actually do with the recommendations made by Martin Moore-Bick and his team is a complex business.
Deregulation, cost-cutting and outsourcing were not ‘failures’ of government, but flagship policies that were carefully planned and coordinated.
The BRE requires radical overhaul in order to return to its roots as the custodian of building and fire safety research.
The inquiry accused companies of misleading the market to make cladding products seem safer than they were known to be.
Manufacturers have to provide information on the fire behaviour of construction products, but there is no requirement to quantify the toxicity of the smoke.
People advance in the workplace by putting the organisation before its people – but this just allows the cover-up culture to thrive.
Fire is a social equality issue. Amid fresh concerns over rogue landlords and dangerous overcrowding, why have calls for change gone unheeded for so long?
Armed police interventions are unconstitutional and incapable of addressing housing and safety in the inner city.
If there were any doubts about the destruction caused by the fire on 14th June 2017, then Steve McQueen’s film reveals its true desolation.
A senior coroner in Rochdale has said of the toddler’s death that it should be a defining moment for social housing in the UK. Experts point out that we have been here before.
Inadequate building regulations led to combustible products being used on external walls.
What started out as an instinctive and private response to trauma has become a collective process of grieving and commemoration.
Designing a memorial that helps the community grieve and heal is no easy task.
New regulations, training systems and research are underway but there’s much still to be done.
How journalists with inside knowledge drove the narrative over building safety after the tragedy at Grenfell Tower.
Orders to fix serious defects, even up to ten years after completion, and to delay the occupation certificate developers need to sell apartments until they’re fixed, gives regulators real teeth.
Even landlords think involving social housing tenants is critical to running properties, but too often it doesn’t happen.
Emergency responders and military personnel need to think creatively – even imaginatively – to save lives under pressure. Analyzing the Grenfell Tower Fire in London reveals useful lessons.
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Professor of Leadership and Management, Edge Hill University
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Architectural Technologist and Urban Designer, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Journalism, Middlesex University
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Professor of Chemistry and Fire Science, University of Central Lancashire
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Professor of History, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Studies for Construction Law, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct professor of architecture, University of Adelaide
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Ahorangi / Professor of Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Geography and Director of the Centre for Wildfire Research, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor in Law, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Structural Engineering, University of Leeds
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Postdoctoral research associate, King's College London
