The final report from the Grenfell Tower inquiry is 3 weeks away. In a new series we're going to set out what it's learnt - what created the conditions for a fire both foreseeable and preventable. Grenfell: Building a Disaster, Radio 4 from Monday 19th

Can we trust US polling this election? And with Harris given only a 53% chance of winning the Presidency has her campaign blown it? With @katiestallard @MeganJGibson @BNHWalker & @pollcat

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"We invest or we decline" & on today's pod Rachel Reeves talks to Andrew Marr about who will bear the burden in the upcoming budget

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I’m working with the New Statesman for a few months across their audio and digital output Here’s one thing we’re trying out, Insight, a weekly show where we focus on one big issue. Have a listen below…

While the report does make that conclusion specifically for the 'Red Tape Challenge' in 2011 - it is not true of the wider deregulatory agenda including the 'one in, one out' policy from the same year. See what it says in Vol 1 pg 156-160 of the report...

Episode 204 - the final episode of The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast is out now We talk to @PeteApps, expert witness Beryl Menzies and @HRRBFireSafety about the findings & hear from bereaved and survivors - including how they met Keir Starmer this week

Today is my last day at the BBC. To be totally open, I’m being made redundant Whether running More Or Less during the pandemic, reporting on Grenfell & the climate, I’m extraordinarily proud of my work Public service broadcasting can be engaging & essential & I hope to continue

RT @DAaronovitch: The full Grenfell report has just been published. It’s huge, but @BBCRadio 4 has just updated a series of 15 minute expla…

@DAaronovitch @bbcradio Thanks David

Today was dawn til dusk. We’ll reflect on the inquiry’s findings tomorrow.

@mo_bakshi Thanks so much Mo

During the refurbishment, combustible materials were chosen as the result of "a series of errors caused by the incompetence of the organisations and individuals involved." The inquiry finds several bear a significant or considerable degree of responsibility for the disaster.

Tomorrow will be a landmark moment. At 11am the final report from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry will be released. I’m helping out with the news coverage all day, but there will be a 204th, and final, episode of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast on Friday

You can read the government's announcement here: