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The Grenfell Fire and the Unbearable Slowness of Public Inquiries

12 September 2024 at 18:45
Holding an inquiry has become one of the British government’s go-to responses to outrageous harm. But that approach can sometimes stall change and delay justice.

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The fire at Grenfell Tower in west London on June 14, 2017, killed 72 people. “The simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable,” the chairman of a public inquiry said last week.
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