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Grenfell

[gren-fel]

noun

  1. Sir Wilfred Thomason 1865–1940, English physician and missionary in Labrador and Newfoundland.



Grenfell

/ ˈɡrɛnfəl /

noun

  1. Joyce, real name Joyce Irene Phipps. 1910–79, British comedy actress and writer

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The prime minister said the disaster cover-up was not a one-off, pointing to the Horizon scandal, Grenfell Tower, the infected blood scandal and grooming gangs.

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Ms Hambleton set up the Justice for the 21 campaign group to call for a public inquiry and said it was "quite right" that tragedies like Grenfell and the Manchester Arena attacks should be the subject of their own inquiries.

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Her voice cracked as she spoke about the Grenfell Tower fire survivors, as she made reference to the public inquiry.

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The government said the new legislation would "end the culture of cover-ups" and learn lessons from wider disasters including the Grenfell Tower fire and the Post Office Horizon and infected blood scandals.

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"Make no mistake, this a law for the 97, but it is also a law for the subpostmasters who suffered because of the Horizon scandal, the victims of infected blood, and those who died in the terrible Grenfell Tower fire," he said.

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