Seven organisations criticised in wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster could be banned from bidding for public contracts, the government has said. Cladding and insulation firms are among those set ...

The burnt-out remains of Grenfell Tower will be "sensitively" dismantled, the government has confirmed, nearly eight years after fire gutted the 24-storey London tower block, killing 72 people.

Ministers announced on Wednesday that they would investigate the seven firms, with a view to a future debarment, as part of the government’s response to the Grenfell inquiry into the 2017 tragedy.