Grenfell Tower report - latest: Cladding firms accused of ‘greed and profiteering’ as families demand charges

Survivors and bereaved families of the Grenfell Tower fire have called for justice after the final report highlights “dishonesty and greed” of corporate cladding firms.

Giving a statement after the publication of the repor t on Wednesday, the inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick said that all 72 deaths were avoidable and that those who lived in the tower were “badly failed” by authorities “in most cases through incompetence but in some cases through dishonesty and greed”.

Grenfell United, which represents some of the bereaved and survivors of the fire, have called the government to ban cladding firm Arconic and insulation firms Kingspan and Celotex from government procurement processes.

They added that they expect the Met Police and the CPS “ensure that those who are truly responsible are held to account and brought to justice”.

The long-awaited report into the tragic blaze found manufacturers had engaged in “systematic dishonesty” which led to the 24-storey building to be clad in combustible materials.

The fire broke out shortly before 1am on 14 June 2017 as a result of a faulty fridge but became the worst structural fire in Britain since the Blitz.