are going to talk to the fire brigades union and national fire brigades union and national fire chiefs councilsed with the way the fire behaved. they had seen it burning from the outside. why couldn't they change their decision instantly. they would have saved those people. they were telling people to go upstairs to the last floor where they would be safe, provided what information was that for? who was going to save them from there? they ended up dying up there. i think it's important to stress like everyone here is saying and in the report, there were failings from the report, there were failings from the lfb down, but this report in no way is blaming the lfb for the fire. this narrative needs to change. it's saying that the lfb had a lot of failings which they need to address, they are not at fault for that fire and norare they are not at fault for that fire and nor are the firefighters. it's never been about the individual firefighters. i've always said this, i'm surprised we're not talking about loss of lives from the firefighters. but we need, they need to ta ke firefighters. but we need

from their own investigation since, their work with us as national fire chiefs council, their input intoecommendations on the basis that this is, after a detailed enquiry. that is the second part to the enquiry still to come. would you expect the fire service to adopt those 46 recommendations?” expect the fire service to adopt those 46 recommendations? i would expect us to investigate those fully. i suspect many of the recommendations will go further than the fire and rescue service, i think affect government, and other sectors, but we will work with all of those stakeholders. lessons have been identified, let's make them lessons learned and unfermented where appropriate. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. back to westminster. more news on the expected general election. although all the signs are pointing to the vote being passed later on today, a few people have been trying today, a few people have been trying to inject a note of caution. but there seemed to be a change this morning, once the labour party signalled its support for an early general election, withjeremy corbyn

roy wilshire, chair of the national fire chiefs council, told bbc breakfast what lessons have been learnt, along with everyone else. i think there are obviously lessons that have been identified. our task is to read that report thoroughly, turn those lessons into lessons learned and then make sure that we move forward, improving fire and rescue services and helping to serve the communities that we should do. do you feel, this is something that we touched on yesterday, i know there are details within that report which obviously you don't want to go into until it's officially released at ten o'clock this morning. do you feel that members of the fire service have been unfairly scrutinised ? well, we don't shy away from the scrutiny. i think it's right that we are looked at and questioned, as well, but we do sometimes question the fact that we've had planners, designers, architects, construction firms, subcontractors, building owners, building maintenance — all those things have gone wrong and it seems like sometimes the failures of the last 20 years have been laid at the door of the fire and

the chair of the national fire chiefs council.london. injuly, inspectors found there had been an appalling decline in standards calling it violent and dangerous. the ministry ofjustice insists improvements have been made after stopping new placements there in the summer. i think anyone must be concerned about conditions in which children are held and particularly after such are held and particularly after such a difficult inspection where we found that simply conditions were unsuitable and unsafe so yes of course i'm concerned and we will be returning in due course to inspect again andi returning in due course to inspect again and i hope that this time we will find a sustained improvement, a proper improvement built on solid foundations. an average of 230 domestic abuse offences are reported in the capital every day. the metropolitan police says it's seen an 85% rise since 2011. the london assembly believes domestic abuse offences are spiralling and will discuss the issue at a specially convened meeting later today. the long—await

fire the chief prosecutor who is investigating joe biden son hunter patrol that was that is that you talked about that was described shortly after occur yes in other words i think was january 1900 at the council on foreign relations it was picked up in the ukrainian news but one of the things that is simply taken for granted in the ukrainian media environment is that the west calls the shots so why is this surprising ok who surprised by this it didn't have any traction in the american media at the time because they couldn't link it to trump but now. now it's coming to link it to trump but. clearly this was political blackmail at the highest level and by the american vice president he says it was all about how the american taxpayer but the coincidence with his son's activities in eastern ukraine at the same time makes. the coincidence of speeches. i think it's just amazing how far the american narrative is removed from reality you know they are arguing about you know. there are and what's happened in ukraine was the vice president of a different county seat in your president's seat or that the prosecutor general to be dismissed in 6 hours. if a russian official give it you know they will say t

council. that is thejohn the five step what was managed and refurbished this building but that next year. —— the london fire chiefs 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 th