we are hearing from portsmouth city council that cladding is being removed from two portsmouth tower cladding from two high—rise buildings as a precautionary measure following independent testing. lemington house and horatio house has pledged that is being removed to ensure high safety sta nda rds is being removed to ensure high safety standards are in place. no other blocks are affected to see portsmouth city council. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been addressing a trade union conference in brighton today. he said that the grenfell tower fire highlights the flaws of conservative party policy. the grenfell tower residents themselves raised concerns about the lack of fire safety in the block. the action group warned that "it is a truly terrifying thought that the action group firmly believes that only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord." so not only should more had been done to prevent those tragic deaths, but the prime minister has now had to publicly apologise for her government is pitiful response for those who have lost their home

we have also heard from portsmouth city council saying that they are removing padding from two tower adding on her racial house and lymington house in portsmouth, from portsmouth city council. our correspondent sarah smith is at new scotland yard for us. sarah, we heard from a senior police officer earlier in the morning. she made it very clear that this is a complex investigation with many strengths to it. yes, detective superintendent fiona mccormack is leading the investigation. she said 250 special solicitors are involved. this is the biggest and most coveted investigation the met has had to deal with. —— was compensated. she said it will be exhaustive and it may grow further. she said that there were two main things they were looking for, first of all, how do the fire starkers mac and secondly, how did it spread so quickly? as far as how it started, we heard that a hotpoint fridge freezer that they believe caused the fire. the government is carrying out its own tests now, scotland yard is carrying out further investigations. .2—mac, how did it spread so quickly? they looked at th