Grenfell inquiry costs exceed 100 times savings from cladding
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from on (#4TGNN)
Most of 40m spent so far has gone on 150 lawyers representing inquiry and bereaved and survivors
The Grenfell tower inquiry has cost the taxpayer at least 40m so far, more than 100 times the savings made by swapping fire-retardant cladding on the council block for cheaper combustible panels that fuelled the fatal fire.
Most of the money went on the array of more than 150 lawyers and legal fee earners representing the inquiry and the bereaved and survivors from the 14 June 2017 disaster that claimed 72 lives.
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