Angela Rayner defends handling of meeting with Grenfell survivors and families

Deputy PM acknowledged there wasn't a consensus' over future of tower block after her decision to dismantle it

Angela Rayner has defended her handling of a meeting with bereaved families and survivors of the Grenfell disaster after some said they felt ignored by her decision to tear down the tower.

The deputy prime minister did not feel she had been aggressive" during the meeting on the future of the site, she said, despite criticism from some of those present. If anyone felt that way, then I would be sincerely upset about that," she added.