Two former housing ministers tainted by Grenfell have
been honoured by former Prime Minister Theresa May. Gavin Barwell gets a
Peerage and Brandon Lewis a CBE. Both Barwell – whose ducking of questions
outside 10 Downing street was a defining image of Grenfell’s aftermath – and
Lewis were warned in the Commons they could “potentially be in the dock for
corporate manslaughter”, with their inaction making the government culpable in
the disaster. Read more on 24housing.
Polls open in Clacton, where Farage spent more than £10,000 in byelection
against Count Binface – as it happened
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The Reform UK leader resigned as the MP for Clacton at the start of July
and forced a byelection
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