Campbell is due to visit Grenfell Tower on Thursday. Mo Bakhtiar was elected at the local party’s AGM after his predecessor stood down. A Grenfell Tower fire victim threatened the deputy leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, telling him: ‘I’m coming for you.’. The man in charge of Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council when the Grenfell Tower fire broke out has said he will stand down as a councillor at next year's local elections. The leader of the council at the centre of the Grenfell Tower fire has resigned following criticism of his handling of the disaster, in a move that has been broadly welcomed. Fury over the … This week the Grenfell Tower Inquiry saw council witnesses, including former deputy leader Rock Feilding-Mellen and leader Nicholas Paget-Brown, questioned about their role in the story for the first time. Most of the claims are incorrect, although some are accurate. Grenfell Tower was part of a housing complex in West Kensington, London. On 14 June 2017 a fire broke out in the tower, which caused the deaths of 72 people. There is an ongoing public inquiry examining the circumstances surrounding the fire. A TORY council leader squirmed when asked why the Grenfell Tower block was not fitted with sprinklers and shifted the blame to the distraught residents. You can read our response in full below. A building covered in fire cladding similar to that on Grenfell Tower has been deemed a "nightmare" by the leader of Slough Borough Council. Earlier this month police said the starting point of their criminal investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire was that 80 deaths resulted from manslaughter. Peter Apps reports. Since 1964, when this borough was formed, the council has always been controlled by the Conservative party, though there was a national Labour government in … THE council boss forced to quit over the Grenfell Tower fire disaster is in line for a six-figure pay-off. Grenfell Tower. ... as well as the leader of … June 30, 2017. The London fire brigade warned the leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea that refurbishments could compromise fire safety and cause deaths, but he did not pass it on to housing officials in charge of works at Grenfell Tower.. Grenfell Tower was built in 1974, not 2007-2008, in the London Borough Council of Kensington and Chelsea. At the time she said … Council leader quits over Grenfell Tower disaster "That can only be done with new leadership and a new approach that reaches out to residents who quite rightly feel desperately neglected. 14 June 2017 CTBUH Releases Initial Statement on Grenfell House Fire in London Grenfell Tower fire: Fury as council halts meeting in 'absolute fiasco' A decision by Kensington and Chelsea to abandon a meeting because of the presence of the media is … “If the council had used its £129m in property sales to renovate Grenfell Tower, rather than buying up other properties, 72 lives could have been saved. The original contractor, Leadbitter, had been dropped by KCTMO because their price of £11.278 million was £1.6 million higher than the proposed budget. The contract was put out to competitive tender and won by Rydon Ltd, whose bid was £2.5 million less than Leadbitter's. A Tory councillor overseeing the Grenfell Tower refurbishment waded into a debate about switching to ... “Jail time” for Feilding-Mellen and former council leader Nicholas Paget-Brown rang out A council under enormous stress, overwhelmed by the disaster of Grenfell Tower. A fire at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block in west London in June 2017 claimed 72 lives. The Grenfell Tower Community Monitoring Project (GTCM Project) is a community-led research project, run by the community for the community. Today (Sunday) marks three years since a small kitchen fire in the west London high-rise turned into the most deadly domestic blaze since World War II. Reis Morris demanded councillor … The Grenfell Inquiry lawyer Richard Millett QC showed him a council decant policy which said the right to return “cannot be guaranteed”. A public gallery packed with former Grenfell Tower residents and an over-spill room containing at least 150 community members and volunteers were present in addition to the full council. ELIZABETH Campbell was elected leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. The new leader of the council at the centre of the Grenfell Tower fire has rejected calls to resign, after a meeting heard traumatic accounts of survivors' experiences since the blaze. Killed 72 people.. We have already heard that the cost reductions for refurbishments between 2012 and 2016 have led to the use of cheaper and more flammable dressings. Click here to read the full story. The leader of the council at the heart of the Grenfell Tower disaster faced fresh calls to resign during a fraught public meeting. On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST; it caused 72 deaths, including those of two victims who later died in hospital. The once 'proud' council leader who resigned within weeks of the fatal Grenfell Tower fire has told an inquiry he is 'desperately sorry' for those …. "Not Trellick, not Grenfell, but I have been inside many other council houses." By Katie Mansfield PUBLISHED: 11:25, Fri, Jun 23, 2017 The Grenfell fire is a first, dramatic test for the leadership of Camden councillor Georgia Gould Grenfell Tower fire: New council leader apologises. Angry victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have called on the new leader of the local council to quit immediately after she took the job. Grenfell Tower fire Elizabeth Campbell said she was "deeply sorry" for the "grief and trauma" The newly elected leader of Kensington and Chelsea … the leader of Kensington and Chelsea counil was told last night by survivors of the Grenfell fire. The former deputy leader of Kensington and Chelsea council … It is particularly aimed at small and under-represented communities. There were no plans for “social cleansing” in North Kensington, the former leader of Kensington and Chelsea council said, despite residents’ concerns. READ MORE: Council official 'regrets' not asking about Grenfell Tower cladding fire safety "I am desperately sorry for everybody who was in the tower on the morning of June 14. Concerns have been raised about the pace of change, culture and quality of relationships Kensington and Chelsea Council has with those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. Sky News. The testing came after local authorities submitted samples following the June 14 fire at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington. It was. We stood in the entrance hall to Grenfell Tower and knew that it was an accident waiting to happen. "Not Trellick, not Grenfell, but I have been inside many other council houses." This forms part of a picture of gross negligence. On Saturday, communities secretary Sajid Javid agreed with council leader Nicholas Paget-Brown’s decision to resign after intense criticism of how the Grenfell Tower tragedy was handled. It was set up in the aftermath of the horrific Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, where many innocent lives were sadly lost. The new leader of the council at the centre of the Grenfell Tower fire has rejected calls to resign, after a meeting heard traumatic accounts of survivors' experiences since the blaze. A council leader has issued a statement to mark the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire.