mr paget—brown claims no council could have coped with this.ommunity for its response, the emergency services, other london boroughs, but not the government. his deputy and his housing chiefs have also gone. investigations by the bbc and the times newspaper into the decisions made when the council refurbished grenfell tower added to the pressure. the big change was the addition of aluminium cladding panels to improve the look of the building. documents passed to the bbc revealed that zinc panels were originally proposed for grenfell. in 2012, the architects‘ designs showed this clearly. residents were told it would be zinc. but there was pressure from the council on contractors to reduce costs. by 2015, they had been given amendments to the original tender and told to fit aluminium cladding instead of zinc. it's cheaper. the saving — more than £293,000. so did the change make a difference to fire safety? well, this panel is similar to the ones that were eventually used. it's an aluminium sandwich with a plastic filling, which is not fire resist

mr paget—brown claims no council could have coped with this.munity for its response, the emergency services, other london boroughs, but not the government. his deputy and his housing chiefs have also gone. investigations by the bbc and the times newspaper into the decisions made when the council refurbished grenfell tower added to the pressure. the big change was the addition of aluminium cladding panels to improve the look of the building. documents passed to the bbc revealed that zinc panels were originally proposed for grenfell. in 2012, the architects' designs showed this clearly. residents were told it would be zinc. but there was pressure from the council on contractors to reduce costs. by 2015, they had been given amendments to the original tender and told to fit aluminium cladding instead of zinc. it's cheaper. the saving — more than £293,000. so did the change make a difference to fire safety? well, this panel is similar to the ones that were eventually used. it's an aluminium sandwich with a plastic filling, which is not fire resistan

hopefully, now that mr paget—brown has gone and the deputy leader has gone, we can replace them with. it is the case that sadiq khan is denied saying that the council should be set aside and new commissioners should be put in by the government, would the residents support that? i think trust in the cabinet has gone, trust in the console and they were not confident in them years ago. they were complaining and trying to raise these this year's they were complaining and trying to raise these issues and the aftermath has been disastrous, as we can see, and new people need to be put in place. in terms of on the ground, a council workers augmented by central government civil servants, how either residents doing? are the residents doing? westminster is still struggling, there is a lack of communication, they are unclear about what is happening in the future they are still confused. are they all highest? they are in temporary accommodation. hotels? yes, but i know there are families in unsuitable accommodation, children sharing rooms with adults, in one room, and so on. you have worked with

the leader of the council nicholas paget—brown also appeared to distance himself from the dismissal. it leaves it unclear who actually sought mresignation. tom burridge reports. how was this possible? will people be held to account? and why, as the prime minister herself has now admitted, was the response following the fire inadequate? the support on the ground for families in the initial hours following the fire was not good enough. people were left without belongings, without roofs over their heads, without even basic information about what had happened and what they should do and where they could seek help. that was a failure of the state, local and national, to help people when they needed it most. as prime minister, i apologise for that failure. that apology after so much anger in the days following the fire. some of it directed at the government, some at the local council. now the chief executive of kensington and chelsea council says the government has forced him to resign. in a statement, nicholas holgate said despite wanting to stay in the job in very challenging circumstances, he risked becoming a distraction. he sai