The UK prime minister told the families of the Grenfell Tower victims that they had been failed by the British state, more than seven years after a fire in the building killed 72 people. Keir Starmer said: "It should never have happened. The country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty, to protect you and your loved ones, the people that we are here to serve, and I am deeply sorry" Grenfell Tower inquiry report – live updates Grenfell report blames decades of government failure and ‘systematic dishonesty’ of companies