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Anger at Reform housing spokesman over ‘everyone has to die’ Grenfell comment
Simon Dudley said post-Grenfell safety rules have gone too far, as critics cited the 72 deaths and demanded Reform remove him.
- On Wednesday, Reform housing spokesman Simon Dudley suggested post-Grenfell safety regulations have "swung too far the wrong way," labeling them "regulation which is not working."
- The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 people, with the Grenfell Inquiry finding the disaster was an "avoidable" result of "decades of failure" by government and the building industry.
- Dudley claimed "people dying in house fires is rare," arguing the country must prioritize building 1.5 million new homes by 2029 despite current regulatory hurdles.
- Housing Secretary Steve Reed and Green Party MP Sian Berry demanded Dudley's dismissal, with advocates criticizing his "moral vacuum" and suggesting his comments showed "disrespect to the victims."
- Reform UK maintains housing must be built safely, though the party faces pressure to address tension between necessary safety enforcement and regulatory burdens on developers.
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Keir Starmer calls on Nigel Farage to sack housing chief after 'shameful' Grenfell Tower fire remarks
Sir Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to sack Reform UK's housing chief from his position following remarks about the Grenfell Tower disaster that the PM branded "shameful"
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Outrage as Reform’s new housing chief says Grenfell was tragic but ‘everyone dies’
Nigel Farage has been told to sack Reform’s new housing spokesperson Simon Dudley over his “disgusting” comments about the tragic Grenfell tower fire. Dudley said that the Grenfell fire, which killed 72 people in 2017, was tragic but that “sadly, you know, everyone dies in the end”, before adding “It’s just how you go, right?”. He added: “Extracting Grenfell from the statistics, actually people dying in house fires is rare… many, many more pe…
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