Grenfell survivors fear inquiry judge will side with establishment

Report on 2017 fire must be as hard-hitting as Stephen Lawrence report, say bereaved

Survivors and the bereaved of the Grenfell Tower disaster want next week’s public inquiry report to be as hard-hitting as the Macpherson report on the murder of Stephen Lawrence, but instead fear it will be an establishment fudge drowned out by Brexit.

Several have told the Guardian they want the first official conclusions about the 2017 fire, which killed 72 of their neighbours and loved ones, to strongly criticise the leadership of the London fire brigade, rule that the refurbishment with combustible cladding was illegal and call for a stay-put policies to be abandoned.

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