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Pete Apps writes about his conversation with Catherine Levin for a keynote session at The Fire Safety Event where they discussed the path forward from Grenfell and how honesty, clarity and accountability must be at the heart of reform.

Smoke alarms are a crucial part of preventing deaths in domestic fires. But comprehensive research shows they don’t wake up children. How should we respond?

New research on wildfires in London paints a worrying picture for the future, but also gives us an opportunity to prepare, writes Pete Apps in his latest Substack post.

Having covered the Grenfell Tower fire and the subsequent inquiry in huge detail, Pete Apps sets out the timeline and the reasons for the continued delay for justice nearly seven years since the devastating fire in west London where 72 people died.