The Conservative party leader, Rishi Sunak, has apologised to families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire after the publication of a damning report examining the causes of the blaze, which killed 72 people in 2017. The former prime minister delivered a statement in the Commons on Wednesday, saying: "I want to extend my deepest apologies to the families and victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The state let you down, and it must never do so again" Grenfell Tower inquiry report – live updates Grenfell report blames decades of government failure and ‘systematic dishonesty’ of companies