Grenfell Fire
Grenfell residents still homeless six months after fire
10 December 2017With the inquiry into the causes of the Grenfell Tower beginning this week, Alistair Farrow looks at how the evacuated residents are still searching for justice—and new homes to live in
Grenfell fire survivors slam inquiry and plan to protest
05 December 2017Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have launched a petition calling on Tory prime minister Theresa May to give them more input into the inquiry into the causes of the fire.
The royal wedding shows a divided Britain
28 November 2017As royal parasite Prince Harry prepares for a lavish wedding, just down the road from Kensington Palace a community lies in pieces.
Grenfell justice campaign rejects police’s official death toll
21 November 2017Cops say 71 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire in west London. They released the official figure last week.
LETTERS: Conditions are dangerous inside 'grisly Risley' prison
21 November 2017There have been reports that an explosive device was found inside HM Prison Risley last week.
March for Grenfell swells with silent anger as report condemns Tory council
14 November 2017Almost 2,000 people joined the latest monthly silent march on Tuesday night to commemorate the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire
More people died in Grenfell Tower fire than the Tories will admit
14 November 2017New figures suggest that some 99 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire—and Kensington and Chelsea council is still dragging its feet on rehousing survivors, says Alistair Farrow
Haringey Labour falls out over housing plan
07 November 2017Also: Grenfell council goes for college
The Grenfell Tower fire and the anger that refuses to fade
07 November 2017Grenfell, and the treatment of victims that followed, exposes the contempt that those at the top have for working class people
More flammable cladding and fewer firefighters—Tory Britain after Grenfell
31 October 2017“It’s like cladding your home in solid petrol,” fire expert and surveyor Arnold Tarling told the BBC last week.
Most Grenfell survivors still wait for new homes
24 October 2017Only ten out of 203 Grenfell Tower households have found permanent housing. Most are still waiting to be rehoused four months after the fire.
Updated: marchers demand justice for Grenfell as Tories refuse to fund sprinklers
14 October 2017Up to 1,500 people marched through North Kensington in west London on Saturday night to demand justice for the people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire.
Grenfell residents will march for justice
13 October 2017Residents and activists will take to the streets for a silent march
Tory-led Kensington and Chelsea council in fresh bid to sideline Grenfell survivors
10 October 2017The Tory-led council that ignored safety warnings ahead of the Grenfell Tower fire is still trying to sideline residents’ voices.
Council’s wrecking plan is a snub to Corbyn
03 October 2017Also: Callous Grenfell estate bosses finally get the boot
Inquiry into Grenfell fire carves out residents as blocks fail safety tests
19 September 2017Opposition grows to Haringey demolition plans. Tenants delay Genesis housing association merger.
Grenfell survivors excluded from public inquiry
14 September 2017The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire began today, Thursday, at the Connaught Rooms in central London. Sir Martin Moore-Bick, its chair, read out a prepared statement then rushed out of the room.
‘We will not settle for whitewash,’ say Grenfell residents as inquiry begins
13 September 2017Residents and campaigners slammed the public inquiry into the Grenfell blaze as it began today, Thursday. They raised doubts about its scope and ability to deliver justice for the dead and survivors of the west London tower block fire.
Grenfell fire inquiry starts as survivors still suffer trauma
12 September 2017It is three months since a fire ripped through Grenfell Tower in west London, killing at least 80 people
Housing campaigners support Grenfell march
12 September 2017Some 50 housing activists and tenants met in central London last Saturday to discuss the fight for safe affordable homes in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire
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