Grenfell Tower fire report: What are the key findings of the inquiry?

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A government drive for deregulation meant concerns about the safety of life were “ignored, delayed or disregarded” in the years before the Grenfell Tower fire, the inquiry into the disaster has found. – There was ‘systematic dishonesty’ in product testing and marketing Grenfell Tower came to be wrapped in flammable material because of “systematic dishonesty” among those who made and sold cladding panels and insulation products. Screen grab from the Grenfell Inquiry, showing a cladding fire test rig carried out in May 2014 at the Building Research Establishment by insulation maker Celotex – Managing fire safety was seen as ‘an inconvenience’ by the tower’s landlords There was a “persistent indifference to fire safety, particularly the safety of vulnerable people” between 2009 and the time of the fire. Urban search and rescue officers from London Fire Brigade inside Grenfell Tower This failure had “many causes”, including a “chronic lack of effective leadership”, combined with “undue emphasis on process and a culture of complacency”.