Bereaved families of the Grenfell fire disaster are understood to have been told the tower block will be demolished. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, who is also Housing Secretary, met with relatives and survivors on Wednesday evening (February 5).
The Government has previously said there will be no changes to the site before the eighth anniversary of the disaster – which claimed 72 lives – in June.
A spokesperson for Grenfell Next of Kin, a group representing some of the bereaved families, said Ms Rayner had 'announced the decision that the tower will have to be carefully deconstructed'.
In a previous update, the Government said structural engineering advice remained unchanged 'in that the building (or that part of it that was significantly damaged) should be carefully taken down'.
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