Angela Rener defends the handling of the Granfel Tower Meeting

Angela Rener has defended a meeting with bereaved families and survivors of Grenfel Tower Fire last week, some attendees described it as a “car accident” by some attendees.
The Deputy Prime Minister told the meeting on Wednesday that the 24-floor tower would gradually end, about eight years after the fire, 72 people were killed.
After years of debate on the future of the tower, this decision received mixed response from people affected by the tragedy.
Rener said with Laura Kunsberg on Sunday of BBC that she would not think she was “aggressive” during the meeting, saying: “If someone feels so, I will be honestly upset about it”.
Kimia Zabiyan, next to Kin, described the meeting as “charge” from Granfel, which works for some bereaved families, but said Raneer has participated with “best intentions”.
Granfel United, who also represents some bereaved families and the remaining people, said no one supported the plan in the meeting, and called Ignoring his wishes “insulting and unforgivable”.
“I think what I tried to do is a really difficult meeting, and explain to the people … Knowing this well that whatever I said in that room that night, it is very much for the people It was about to be painful, and people will be upset, “said Rener.
The government said that the decision to destroy the building, which was formally declared on Friday, advised the engineers that the tower was advised to be quite damaged.
It states that experts advised that the condition of the building “deteriorates over time” and it only remains stable due to additional protective measures.
Engineers have also stated that it is not practical to maintain many floors of the building in place as part of a permanent monument “.
Some people wanted the West London Tower to stand as a permanent reminder of the tragedy, while others asked to remove it completely.
Rener, who was also accused by some people who failed to consult the remaining people properly, said that the future of the building is “no consensus”, but he has many meetings with various families and community groups Was participated in
“I felt, weighing all the different conversations with me, and the engineering report, that really only the only way to ensure that we had to ensure that we started taking the tower to the ground level Do, but we have a permanent monument. “He told the program.
She said she was firm to do justice with “what is a holy place” to develop a “permanent monument” to work with families.
In 2017, the fire, which claimed 72 lives, was originally due to a defective fridge in the fourth floor flat, but quickly spread around the block as it was covered in highly flammable cladding.
A public investigation in September concluded that the disaster was the result of many government and construction industry failures.
The Granfel Tower Memorial Commission is consulting plans for a monument in the field of commission tower.
Five design teams have been shortlisted to build a memorial, a target to submit a planning application at the end of 2026 with the winner.