KPMG removed from inquiry after calls from campaigners
THE Grenfell Tower inquiry has cancelled its contract with auditors KPMG after campaigners called for the company to be removed, saying it had failed to disclose a conflict of interest.
The firm is the auditor of three of the firms under scrutiny by the inquiry into the tower block blaze, in which 71 people died last June.
This includes Celotex, which manufactured the flammable cladding on the building, along with Rydon Construction, the contractor that refurbished the tower in 2015, and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where the tower is located.
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