Leader: Behind closed doors

By Tom Broughton2018-03-23T06:30:00

We’ll doubtless see promises of headline-grabbing structural changes in the anticipated Hackitt report. But will changes receive the backing they need?

In a little under three months’ time on 14 June, the country will stop on the first anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington to remember the 72 people who died and the many others who were injured in the disaster. Public outrage will still be palpable and it will be left to politicians, community leaders, regulators and the media to explain why it happened and how it can be stopped from ever happening again.

The role of government and public sector bodies will once again come under fierce criticism, along with the construction and property management industry – the people who designed, built and installed the products and those who managed the tower and others like it across the country.

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