An investigation reveals that Kensington and Chelsea
council made £129 million from selling property in the years leading to the
Grenfell fire tragedy. This money could have been spent on the tower’s
renovation works, we established, but instead cuts were made to the budget, including
saving £300,000 by using cheaper, more combustible cladding. The council also
spent more than £60 million investing in new buildings in the years leading up
to the fire on June 14, 2017, which killed 72 people. Survivors of the inferno
have accused Kensington and Chelsea of “acting more like a property developer
than a council” when it should have been focused on fire safety at Grenfell.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism details exactly when key decisions about
the tower's renovation and how to finance it were made, alongside the council's
property deals.
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