The housing secretary, James Brokenshire, has been angrily confronted by a Grenfell Tower survivor and accused of failing to do enough to prevent a repeat disaster. “Does it take another Grenfell?”“No,” Brokenshire said, who admitted the responsibility “weighs heavily on me” and later described the Barking fire as “deeply concerning”. “Parents are afraid their children will die … One of my best friends in the world was flashing his light [from his flat in Grenfell]. The highly charged exchange came as survivors and the bereaved expressed frustration at the pace of changes to the culture over housing. “For too long the people of Grenfell and people across the country have been excluded from conversations about the homes they are living in,” he said.

Source: The Guardian June 10, 2019 16:33 UTC