The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
Four years on from Grenfell and the deregulation that caused it still hasn’t been addressed
It was political decisions in the name of profit that lay behind the tragic 2017 fire that killed 72 people, writes Fire Brigades Union leader MATT WRACK

IT HAS been four years since the fire at Grenfell Tower claimed 72 lives.
This was the worst loss of life in a domestic fire in recent British history.
Accounts from the night are both horrifying and moving — it is still shocking to read the experiences of residents that fateful night, and we remain proud of the heroic measures firefighters took to try to save lives.
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