Grenfell Costs Surpass £500m As Council Bill Revealed

The public costs of the Grenfell Tower fire have exceeded £500m after the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea revealed it had spent £406m on its response and recovery efforts in almost four years since the disaster. The sum is in addition to the costs to the taxpayer of the ongoing public inquiry, which hit £117m by the end of March this year, most of which was taken up with lawyers’ bills. The figures stand in stark contrast to the £300,000 saved in a cost-cutting exercise during the refurbishment of the 24-storey council block that led to combustible aluminium panels being substituted for the planned non-combustible zinc on the exterior of the block. Read more on the Guardian website.

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