Lucy Masoud blames tragedy on austerity and says decision makers don’t care about social housing tenantsMPs should be “dragged” from parliament to see Grenfell Tower’s shell as a reminder of how their decisions caused the disaster, a firefighter has said. Lucy Masoud, who worked on the recovery operation after the fire that killed around 80 people, blamed the tragedy on government austerity measures and a contempt for social housing tenants. “Had that building not been a social housing building, we know there wouldn’t have been so many failures. Everyone who lives in social housing needs action, not this chaos| Dawn Foster Read moreHe told the room: “During the fire, something amazing happened. “We have to fight for decent social housing, we have to fight for a properly funded fire service, but above all we have to fight for justice for Grenfell.”

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2017 17:37 UTC