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On Thursday police also confirmed they had launched a criminal investigation into the matter.

It followed calls for those involved in the building’s recent renovation - which many claim posed a major safety risk - to face prosecution.

“We as the police have started an investigation, I mentioned when I was down at the scene this morning that one of our very senior investigating officers is leading that for us,” the commander said.

“We as the police, we investigate criminal offences - I am not sitting here and saying there are criminal offences that have been committed, that’s why you do an investigation, to establish it.”

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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/grenfell-tower-fire-live-blog_uk_59422d8ae4b003d5948d21ab

The HuffPo story reports that "fire response times rose in more than half of London's wards" under Tory (former) mayor (and dump enthusiast) Boris Johnson, after "The capital lost 600 firefighter jobs and 10 fire stations while Johnson was London Mayor."

Puke policies kill us, literally. Anywhere in the world. But I'm sure the wealthy enjoyed their tax cuts.

Apparently the difference in price between the cheap siding and a the type that may have prevented the fire from spreading so quickly was just a few thousand dollars. Several people said they heard no alarms. Such a devastating fire.