Grenfell refurbishment firms 'killed in pursuit of money', inquiry told

Lawyers for bereaved and survivors say companies 'all have blood on their hands'

The companies who worked on the Grenfell Tower refurbishment killed 72 people "as sure as if they had taken careful aim with a gun and pulled the trigger", the public inquiry into the disaster has been told by lawyers for the bereaved and survivors.

After three days of submissions from the corporates which the inquiry's lead counsel described as a "merry-go-round of buck-passing", the survivors said on Thursday they were "genuinely shocked at corporates seeking to defend the indefensible", adding "all have blood on their hands".