Grenfell subletters asked to come forward to help establish death toll

Tenants illegally subletting flats in Grenfell Tower have been urged to come forward to allow emergency services to establish the true death toll from the blaze.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid made the plea to allow closure for families whose loved ones are still missing, after prosecutors confirmed that people would not be charged for coming forward.

All the survivors of the blaze will have been offered temporary accom- 0 Sajid Javid: All samples of cladding have failed fire tests modation by tomorrow, in line with Prime Minister Theresa May’s pledge to rehouse those affected within three weeks, Mr Javid told MPS.

He also announced that all 181 samples of cladding that had been tested so far had failed fire safety tests.

Mr Javid told the Commons, said: “There may have been people living in flats that were illegally sublet who have no idea about the true status of their tenancy.

“Their families want to know if they perished in the fire. These are their sons, their daughters, their brothers, their sisters. They need closure and it’s the least that they deserve.

“But that can’t happen unless we have the information we need, so we are urging anyone with that information to come forward and to do so as quickly as they can.”