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Radio,17 May 2018,13 mins

5 Hopes and expectations

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast

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Public inquiries are limited in what they can achieve. They don't have judicial powers so they can’t decide guilt or innocence. Inquiries – such as the one into the Grenfell Tower fire – produce a report and make a set of recommendations which the government of the day can choose to implement or ignore. So, what do fire safety experts, the survivors and the bereaved of Grenfell hope this public inquiry can achieve?

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