Both RBKC (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) and
KCTMO (Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation) were “obsessed”
with the cost and aesthetics of refurbishing Grenfell Tower at the expense of
fire safety – creating what the public inquiry into the disaster heard was a
“political nightmare”. That description was put to the inquiry as
evidence taken from an internal 2013 e-mail within the principal contractor
Rydon, which read: “Reading what’s on the internet its a political
nightmare, there’s a website dedicated to complaining about phase 1 and the
scheme in general. It looks like they have been forced into doing something
with the tower.” Read more on 24housing.
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