-
Published in: Home: NewsCladding culprits ‘get away with it’ as government recovers just 3% of loans
Developers were meant to reimburse the taxpayer for the cost of removing cladding. 97% of loans are still outstanding
-
Published in: Home: OpinionCharities are too ‘respectable’ to win change. I learnt the hard way
OPINION: Too fixated on doing ‘good’ and being polite, charities have stopped fighting for social justice
-
Published in: Home: AnalysisIt’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
-
Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationPartygate investigator helped shield No.10 from scrutiny over Grenfell
Revealed: Emails show how Sue Gray was consulted over decision to withhold information about fatal fire
-
Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsUK government’s ‘Orwellian’ FOI unit interfered in Grenfell fire FOI requests
Exclusive: Cabinet Office’s Clearing House told housing ministry to alter responses to Freedom of Information...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy we still don't know "the truth" about Grenfell
The media reporting of the Grenfell Inquiry’s Phase 1 findings shows the battle that lies ahead.
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKYoung people are the unsung heroes of Grenfell
Meet some of the extraordinary young people bringing life to the Grenfell community.
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKTwo neoliberal infernos: Grenfell, and Piper Alpha 30 years on
Profit-before-safety, warnings ignored, 239 people dead. Britain’s oil bonanza and London’s gentrification have much...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy Brexit won’t work: the EU is about regulation not sovereignty
Brexiteers like Boris Johnson inhabit an outdated form of sovereignty. A new realm of power - regulation - demands...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKWas a Tory PR firm behind a smear campaign against Grenfell’s MP?
A PR firm run by a former Downing Street staffer claimed to be behind a series of media attacks on Labour MP for...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKAmnesty, not apology
In a free and fair society, amnesty for all migrants stuck within yet excluded from our dysfunctional system, is the...
-
Published in: Shine A LightHousing activists stand up to dodgy landlords and council bullies
The Grenfell tower fire forced a public debate on housing inequality in London. Tenants have long been at the mercy...
-
Published in: Shine A LightHow housing activists are challenging town hall decisions
Using direct action, housing activists challenge unfeeling and harsh local authority decisionmaking
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK“Developers can get away with murder” – an interview with Kensington’s Emma Dent Coad
One short week in May exposed the fault lines at the heart of our communities. Three months on from a shock election...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKWords of fire
The language of resistance is resourceful, creative and deep. After Grenfell, the words of those affected ring out...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKGrenfell tower and the people without capital
Contempt for Grenfell residents is representative of the way the city of London treats its global working-class....
-
Published in: openJusticeThe terrible consequences of deregulation and cutting corners
After Grenfell, it’s time for the government to urgently rethink its attitude to regulation.
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKFires disproportionately kill vulnerable people, and Grenfell is no different
We need more than just fire safety; we need fire justice, and a culture which takes stock of the fact that it is the...
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKBurnt Alive, Grenfell Tower is watching us
A high-rise of death - that seems alive and watching us. A photo-essay.