Marginal people become resourceless, invisible to public policies, and disempowered in public life. This increases their vulnerability to disaster.
Articles on Grenfell Tower
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Fire has always affected poorer communities more; to understand why, public authorities need to get better at listening to the people they serve.
No one party is responsible for the disaster: local or national, Labour or Conservative – they all are.
Amid calls for arrests, a law expert explains what the offence actually entails.
Readers and viewers the world over are becoming numb to catastrophe and suffering. They must not look away.
There are three key principles: prevent risk, evacuate users and minimise damage – in that order.
As fire tore through Grenfell Tower, I witnessed the complete and terrible destruction of 120 homes just like the one I grew up in.
Massive damage and suffering was caused when a London tower block became an inferno.
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