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It’s 5 years since Grenfell. Here’s what we’ve learned from the inquiry so far

Housing journalist Peter Apps tells openDemocracy about the corporate and state failures that led to the fire

By Daniel Trilling
It’s 5 years since Grenfell. Here’s what we’ve learned from the inquiry so far
Five years on from the Grenfell fire, the inquiry has all but disappeared from the news | Alex Danila / Alamy Stock Photo
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On 14 June 2017, a fire engulfed Grenfell tower, a council-owned housing block in west London, killing 72 people. Five years on, the public inquiry into the disaster is drawing to a close.

The inquiry has already provided a string of shocking revelations that raise much larger questions about democracy and power in the UK. Yet it has all but disappeared from the news.

Peter Apps, the deputy editor at Inside Housing, has been reporting on the inquiry throughout. Here, he talks openDemocracy through some of the key points.

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