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Setting the case for a new statutory duty on local authorities which would require that councils be made responsible for the production and publication of a strategic annual report on fire safety in their areas.

This is the second article about public inquiries from Rita Dexter, Gary Reason and Peter Cowup. In this one, they question whether the current process for dealing with recommendations is robust enough to lead to change.

Ahead of the publication of the second report from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry in September, former fire chiefs share their thoughts on how public servants can successfully contribute to public inquiries and how this is at the heart of the duty of candour soon to be applied to all working in the public sector.