the today at five — we're live at westminster — where mps observed a minute's silence — as they debated a report on the fire at grenfell tower. the fire, injune 2017, claimed the lives of 72 people, an offical report is critical of the london fire brigade, and says the tower did not meet building regulations. there have been calls for the head of the london fire brigade to resign, the victims‘ families and survivors say it would be the right response. the report shows what intro and it is time the london fire brigade strip of those feelings. —— shows what went wrong.

in the commons — as part of their debate on the report mps stood in silence to pay their respects to those who lost their lives. we'll have the latest on the grenfell report, which is based on the first phase of the official inquiry. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. borisjohnson heads for probably his last prime minister's questions before the election, both he and jeremy corbyn gave a flavour of what's ahead. leadership means standing up for the people of this country, standing up for our police, standing up for nhs, making sure it gets the funding that it needs. people have a chance to vote for real change after years of conservative and lib dem cuts. privatisation and tax hand—outs for the richest. and — six years after the helicopter crash onto the clutha pub in glasgow — killing ten people — a report says pilot error was to blame.

it's five o'clock. we're live at westminster — where the house of commons has observed a minute's silence — in memory of the victims of the fire at grenfell tower — which claimed the lives of 72 people in june 2017. today saw publication of a report on the fire — calling for the government to treat its response as ‘a national emergency‘. the report is critical of the london fire brigade‘s response — and says the tower did not meet building regulations. the london fire brigade said it was ‘disappointed' — by some of the criticism of individuals — followng calls from mps and campaigners for resignations at the most senior levels of the capital's fire service. more from westminster in a moment — but first our home affairs correspondent sarah corker with this report. operationalfailures by the london fire brigade. a tower block that didn't comply

with building regulations. and 72 lives lost. the 1,000—page report concludes more people would have survived if the building had been evacuated sooner. and this morning, grenfell families held a minute's silence. they want you to please listen to their testimonies... they broadly welcomed the report's findings but, for many, it was heartbreaking to read. these are my family! why, why? i don't sleep, always crying. we don't want to see and want anybody else to go through what we have had to go through. and what we're still going through. the report confirmed the fire started due to an electrical fault

in a fridge freezer, and the flames engulfed the tower block because it was covered in flammable cladding. yeah, hello, hi. there's a fire in grenfell tower. this was the first 999 call of the night. there were hundreds more. quick, quick, quick! and for nearly two hours, residents were told to stay put. and while firefighters were commended for their extraordinary courage, the report concludes the brigade‘s planning for a fire like grenfell was gravely inadequate. today, the head of the fire service, dany cotton, personally apologised. we will never, ever forget the tragedy of that night. the 72 lives lost, were just the worst thing ever and london fire brigade are truly sorry we could not have saved everyone‘s life that night. the commissioner was criticised for her evidence in the enquiry when she said she would not have done anything differently that night.

the report now, in black and white, shows what went wrong. so it's time the commissioner of the london fire brigade takes ownership of that, of those failings. the report says important steps must be taken to improve fire safety without delay. and it calls on the government to develop new guidelines for evacuating high—rise residential buildings. i ask colleagues to rise to observe a minute's silence. today in the commons, mps remembered those who died. we promise them the truth, we we re died. we promise them the truth, we were then the truth and to the double country, double world is finally hearing the truth about what happened at grenfell tower on the 14th of june 2017.

happened at grenfell tower on the 14th ofjune 2017. —— and the whole country. there are men, women and children up and down the country sleeping tonight in buildings that adding and so many years after the tragedy, does he not think in this six richest democracy in the world we could not have done more to get rid of people sleeping in inferno is? the labour leader called for urgent changes. it was not firefighters to put flammable cladding on grenfell tower. likewise mr speaker it is disgraceful that two years on there has still not been a major review or assessment of the policy of staying put. families hope the recommendations today will

helping and changes which will save lives. this inquiry has some way to go yet, next year it will consider questions on the cladding, building regulations and the role of the council. that is thejohn the five step what was managed and refurbished this building but that next year. —— the london fire chief dany cotton has said that she would not resign and that she is commited to taking every action to improve public safety. but she insisted it was not clear that more people would have been saved if grenfell tower had been evacuated sooner. she's been speaking to our special correspondent, lucy manning. that nip the building vision. he

does draw that conclusion, it it. so you do not accept that fine. you get to just retire in six months with a pension pot that is estimated to be £2 million. as you know the systemic failures that have been recognised are things that have been going on the number of years. since i had been commissioner, since 2017, i have been taking steps to look at areas we can address and do differently. obviously i have been a firefighter for 32 years and committed to protecting the people of london for 32 years and will retire after that knowing i will do my very best to pass on the legacy that we will continue to develop london fire brigade. do you think it is fair that the fire brigade are facing this level of criticism at the moment? what i find is really upsetting is that my individual firefighters, control

officers and officers are being named and facing this criticism when truly what we want is to prevent it happening. but we think phase two that talks about the building and fire safety regulation, that really needs to happen to understand what happened on that night. some of the criticism i find is not fair for my firefighters. do you now regret saying that planning for something like this was akin to planning for a rocket to land on the shard? what i was trying to explain was that london fire brigade is continually planning, exercising and training for risk in london. we reflect the risk we know about so we do a lot of training now for things like terrorism but for us that building should never have behaved in that way. the way it failed and the way it behaved truly let down the people of grenfell. do you accept there were institutional failures and systemic failures and that the planning was unacceptable? i absolutely accept that london fire brigade has failures and we have lessons to learn

and i fully intend going forward from here, not only the work we are already doing, but we have a detailed look at the recommendations of the phase one inquiry is a priority for us. how has grenfell left you personally feeling, how has all the criticism affected you? i think i have been left with the feeling of utter sadness and devastation that any community should have faced what they did on that night. the loss of the 72 lives will live with me forever but equally the heroic efforts of my firefighters time and time again who put their own lives on the line to save those people will live with me forever. 0k, thank you very much. thank you. at times both head of the london fire deep think it is here that the london fire brigade has been scapegoated in this report is.

it was in that the fire service would be in the frame. because report on the night of the fire and the response of the fire service but it is critical of the fire service as an institution, if not individual officers. as well as the issue about the input, it highlights the way the fire service dealt with fire survival calls, which is when someone survival calls, which is when someone calls never came. that was

because the organisation of the handling of that information, which firefighters were going to get them to safety, but was not organised enough. people were writing crucial bits of information on bits of paper. this is something where the fire service itself is very much in the frame. let us pick up on some of those remarks, especially the advice about leaving or not. tells about the focus of the recommendations in the focus of the recommendations in the report today. this tapered policy is not a firebreak policy, it isa building policy is not a firebreak policy, it is a building design policy, the building is designed in such a way, thatis building is designed in such a way, that is the policy. and sometimes it should not be applied the building is in danger of being engulfed by flames, according to the report. he is seeing the fire service did not understand that and the government

needs to develop a policy for wednesday put needs to be removed. the prime minister has said he will carry out the recommendations of the inquiry but he has also said, the inquiry but he has also said, the inquiry chairman, there should be a whole list of provisions they should provide to the fire service regarding their buildings. so there are no nasty surprises. that should have implications for managing a building like grenfell tower. what is the timetable for the completion of the ultimate report, the report into question its full be another year. the whole year will be taken into phase two. that is important because the reason why the