Shock and shame: the Grenfell report has exposed construction’s deadly failures

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Now we know the full and terrible truth, only urgent and fundamental change will ensure mistakes are not repeated, writes Denise Chevin

Like millions of other people, I watched in horror and disbelief as a raging inferno gripped the Grenfell tower block in West London on that balmy night in June 2017. I kept asking myself, how on earth could this have happened, in 21st century Britain, a country with one of the most respected and professional construction industries in the world? What has gone wrong?

Seven years later, when Sir Martin Moore-Bick published his 1,700-page report, the second part of his painstaking inquiry, we finally got the answer.

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