Grenfell Tower, where 72 people died, ‘to be demolished’, families are told

Angela Rayner meets bereaved to tell them west London block will ‘be carefully deconstructed’

Grenfell Tower is to be demolished, bereaved families are understood to have been told by Angela Rayner.

Rayner, the deputy prime minister and housing secretary, met relatives and survivors on Wednesday evening and “announced the decision that the tower will have to be carefully deconstructed”, according to a spokesperson for Grenfell Next of Kin.

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