Overview

• Hundreds of bereaved and survivors completed a silent march in North Kensington on June 14, reading the 72 names lost in the 2017 fire to mark the eighth anniversary.
• Engineering advice that the structure is significantly damaged led ministers to announce a September 2025 start to dismantling the remains over an expected two-year period.
• Campaigners from Grenfell United and Next of Kin criticised officials for proceeding without adequate consultation and pressed for criminal accountability before demolition.
• The September 2024 inquiry report concluded victims were ‘badly failed’ by incompetence, dishonesty and greed, prompting calls for strict enforcement of its recommendations.
• Government data show 5,052 residential buildings over 11 metres in England still carry unsafe cladding, with fewer than half having begun or completed remediation ahead of a 2029 deadline.