Lakanal fire lessons missed on Grenfell Tower, inquiry hears

Key lessons from a fatal fire at the Lakanal House tower block in Southwark in 2009 were not implemented for the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, the inquiry into the 2017 blaze heard.

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