The justice secretary and lord chancellor, David Lidington, defended Moore-Bick’s appointment and insisted he would consult residents before agreeing the scope of the inquiry. After meeting residents and survivors, Moore-Bick said he thought the inquiry would be too narrow to satisfy the community’s desire for a wide-ranging investigation into political neglect of housing. But Lidington said the terms of the inquiry had yet to be fixed and Moore-Bick would consult residents before his remit was set. “The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster has understandably been the subject of much commentary. The Grenfell residents should boycott a superficial public inquiry | Jolyon Maugham Read moreWriting in the Guardian, he said: “We must not connive in an inquiry that fails to be inquisitive.

Source: The Guardian July 04, 2017 08:12 UTC