Call for more Grenfell panellists turned down
Theprimeministerhasturned down requests from survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire to appoint a diverse, decisionmaking panel to sit alongside the head of the public inquiry.
Bereaved family members delivered a petition signed by more than 22,000 people to Downing Street earlier this month calling for an independent panel amid doubts over Sir Martin Moore-bick’s suitability.
It was feared the retired Court of Appeal judge lacks first-hand experience of the complex cultural factors underpinning the tragedy. Mrs May said yesterday that additional panel members should not be appointed for the first stage of the inquiry to be completed “as quickly as reasonably possible”.