Final Grenfell report at the end of summer
THE final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry will be published in September.
An update posted on its website said: “The Inquiry has written to core participants to inform them that the Phase 2 report will be published on Wednesday,
September 4, 2024. Further information about the arrangements for publication will be published in due course.
“In accordance with rule 17 of the Inquiry Rules 2006, core participants will be provided with copies of the report on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, under embargo.”
Bereaved families and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire said they are hopeful the report will “give us the truth we deserve”.
They said change must follow, with recommendations fully implemented.
Grenfell United, a bereaved families and survivors group, said: “We said 10 years until justice only yesterday, and today’s update has confirmed that. We now have a long-awaited date for publication and wait in anticipation of the findings.
“When the report is finally released, we need to know that Sir Martin Moore-bick’s recommendations will be implemented. Nearly five years since the publication of the first report, the Tory government has failed to implement four of the phase one recommendations.
“That is why we are calling for a national oversight mechanism – an independent public body responsible for collating, analysing and following up on recommendations from inquiries into staterelated deaths.
“Hundreds of vital recommendations are made and millions of pounds are spent, but what’s the point if there is no system to make sure changes are made?”