Grenfell inquiry hears of a culture of ‘blame shifting and defensiveness’

Organisations with an involvement in the Grenfell Tower prior to its devastating fire in 2017 have been roundly criticised during closing statements of the Inquiry. Counsel to the Inquiry, Richard Millett KC described a culture of “dissociation, blame-shifting and defensiveness” by many “to cover up incompetence, lack of skill and experience, false and unverified assumptions, and plain carelessness or lack of engagement”.

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