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Grenfell survivors warn it could ‘take a generation’ to rebuild trust in authorities
Family and friends of the 72 people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower block fire, outside Grenfell Tower, London, during a silent walk to mark the two-year anniversary, in June

SURVIVORS of the Grenfell Tower inferno have told MPs that it could take a generation to rebuilt trust in authorities, which have been too slow to learn from the disaster.

Three members of campaign group Grenfell United addressed Parliament’s housing committee today.

Campaigner Adel Chaoui told MPs that some survivors had been rehoused in unsafe properties.

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