we can speak now to the bishop of kensington, graham tomlin.d today to remember the victims he helped organise the meeting with the prime minister. thank you for your time. you helped to organise that meeting. give us a flavour of the atmosphere in the room. it was passionate. it was robust. it was constructive. my role was simply to enable the meeting to happen. the key thing was for the voices of residents to be heard. they did make that voices heard. they did make that voices heard. they spoke very strongly about their love for the community here. they talked about the deep anger that there is in this community about the fire itself and what led to it and some of the aftermath as well. they have spoken very much about the need for listening, real listening to people. i think there is a deep sense here very often that people here don't feel listened to by those making decisions about their lives. they talked about the need for real action and we need to see action sooner action and we need to see action sooner rather than later. we had a real

with me now is dr reverend graham tomlin, the bishop of kensington. thank you forjoining us.ts now? our thoughts are with the families in this area who coming to terms with some really quite dreadful news. families were still worried about those on missing. we are thinking about emergency services. i had been there near the site, talking to some of the ambulance and fire services and the things they are going through as well. the judges things they are going through as well. thejudges in this things they are going through as well. the judges in this area are doing everything they can to support people locally, provide whatever they can, and the whole community is coming together to provide that. the churches are being fantastic in offering that help. we have been here yesterday and today, and it is an area where there is only people from different backgrounds, different cultures, different religions, but there is the feeling that everyone is pulling together? that is right. there is that god—givenjim that is right. there is that god—given jim allister you that is right. there

and also with us is the bishop of kensington, graham tomlin.ow that there is no one here from kensington and chelsea brounl. we have an empty chair for them over there. we have phoned them a number of times in the last week. they were unable to find us anyone today so hence that empty chair. where do you think we are two weeks on? i will start with you emma as the local mp. well, it's a hell of a lot better than it was two weeks ago, but there are still problems every day. i'm still hearing about problems every day. there seems to bea problems every day. there seems to be a terribly good system if they come to me, i can pass them on to people who seem to be dealing with them, but a lot of people i know who still aren't being looked after as they should and it is appalling. it's no surprise to me at all that you have an empty chair there. having worked on the council for 11 yea rs, having worked on the council for 11 years, the depth of incompetence is mind—boggling. mind—boggling. you know we're still holding them to account every single day. k

the bishop of kensington, graham tomlin. thank you forjoining us.how did the meeting go?|j thank you forjoining us. first of all, how did the meeting go? i think it was a good meeting. i think it enabled residents in the local area here to really express their frustrations and their hopes, their angen frustrations and their hopes, their anger. their desires. and to put before the prime minister. things before the prime minister the things they really wanted to say. we sensed that she listened and therefore i think it was a good thing to do and the residents came away i think feeling that they had been heard, they have been able to say what they wa nted they have been able to say what they wanted to say to the - minister. wanted to say to the prime minister. how did the meeting, about and who was able to talk first and can you do is talk us through how the meeting - it came about because was approached by number ten early i was approached by number ten early yesterday. i have been involved here over the whole week and spending a of time in the area a