Cachella Smith
Live reporter

I've been at the Royal Lancaster Hotel this afternoon, where the Grenfell Next of Kin group has been giving a press briefing.

The group begins by asking those attending to observe 72 seconds of silence, something they say they do at the start of each meeting to remember the victims.

Hisam Choucair, who lost several members of his family in the disaster, questions the delay to criminal justice brought about by the inquiry.

He says families weren't consulted by the government before it launched the inquiry, and others criticise how long it has taken.

Karim Khalloufi lost his sister in the fire and tells the meeting there should be criminal prosecutions for manslaughter.

Maryam Adam says it is hard to hear the words "greed and dishonesty" used in the report.

Of those killed in the fire, she tells the room: "These were people that lived and had dreams."

Lucy Manning
Special correspondent

The family of Khadija Khalloufi, who was 52 when she died at Grenfell, gathered together at their home in north London to watch the inquiry chairman’s statement.

Her brother Karim says the family had already known so many of the things the inquiry reported on and now, after so many years, what they wanted was justice.

He describes his sister who was found in the stairwell trying to escape after she had stopped to check on a neighbour in the tower as "a joyful person".

"She was always smiling, she had a positive attitude, she loved travelling and cooking. She was central to our family."

He says the family can’t move on until they have justice.

"If we don't have this justice we will speak all the time about Grenfell. We want to speak about her as a good memory but we speak all the time about how Khadijah was burnt, how she died in those circumstances."

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed it is not likely to decide whether to charge anyone over Grenfell until the end of 2026.

The CPS prosecutes criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales.

Frank Ferguson, the head of its special crime division, said the CPS expects to receive all the evidence by early 2026, and will need time to review it given the "sheer volume of evidence and complexity of the investigation".

This timeline was previously reported by the BBC in May.

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has just released a statement, paying tribute to the "72 innocent lives lost in the Grenfell Tower tragedy".

"My thoughts are with the bereaved families, the survivors and residents in the immediate community," the deputy prime minister adds in a post on X.

Alongside a video of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's statement made in the House of Commons earlier, Rayner adds that "on behalf of the British state we apologise to each and every one of them".

Pria Rai
BBC Newsbeat presenter

Gina Smith was 12 when the fire happened. She was living on the twelfth floor with her mum, dad and younger sister.

Her best friend Jessica, also 12, was one of the 72 victims.

"It’s quite important growing up and realising all of the facts, and realising who’s right and who’s wrong," Gina, now 20, tells BBC Newsbeat.

She is self-employed as an artist, and has done community-themed pieces around the local area, describing art as "a form of healing".

"It’s a part of my journey of how I built my teenage years afterwards and how I had to improve on myself and put myself first."

Gina continues: "It’s quite easy to get lost in the sadness of it, and I think right now it’s a really important time to actually start advocating for change and continuing the search for justice."

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A little earlier, London Fire Brigade Commissioner Andy Roe issued a statement which said his fire service had implemented all the recommendations made in the first phase of the inquiry.

These included introducing new equipment and improved training around responding to fires in high-rise residential buildings.

In its final report today, the inquiry said LFB lacked a strategy to evacuate Grenfell once they had lost control, and had an "unfounded assumption" the type of blaze which occurred at the tower could not happen.

The inquiry chair said there was a "chronic lack of effective leadership" in the service, combined with an undue emphasis on process and "an attitude of complacency".

Roe says the LFB is "not complacent" and would continue to act on the inquiry's findings.

The LFB has not made itself available for interviews, so the BBC has been unable to ask the organisation questions about the findings of the inquiry.

Joe Powell, the MP for Kensington and Bayswater MP - where Grenfell Tower stands - says the "shameless merry-go-round of buck passing must now come to an end".

He asks if the PM can ensure criminal prosecutions will take place as soon as possible, and commit to excluding those organisations named in the report from public contracts.

Starmer says that he will do "everything to make sure there is full accountability and that criminal prosecutions go ahead".

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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey tells the Commons the Grenfell disaster "shames our whole society", and apologises on behalf of his own party.

He says the survivors and families of victims have "waited far too long to get to this truth", noting that many of them will be frustrated at having to wait longer for "justice and meaningful action".

Davey says "criminality must be investigated, tried and punished" - be it "corporate manslaughter, fraud or misconduct in public office".

Starmer agrees with Davey that the inquiry has taken too long.

Diane Abbott, the Labour MP for the London constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington, asks the PM if he's aware of how "painful" it must be for the community to have had the tower "looming over them" for seven years while waiting for this report.

She says the majority of the 72 victims were "among the most marginalised, and largely people of migrant heritage", and asks for assurances on financial support and swift justice.

Starmer says Abbott is absolutely right to focus on the community and the bereaved, and decisions such as the tower and memorial "must be taken in consultation with the community".

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Sunak says "there will be further lessons to learn" now the report has been published, and tells the prime minister he is in agreement with him that "we must all approach these questions with the honesty they deserve".

He echoes Starmer's apology, telling Grenfell victims and survivors "the state let you down".

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Opposition leader and former PM Rishi Sunak begins his statement by paying tribute to the "strength" and "patience" of bereaved families, survivors and all those affected.

"It was their tenacity and strength that brought the truth to light," he says, adding they will never forget the 72 people who lost their lives and "nor shall we".

Sunak says today's report is a "damning indictment of over 30 years of successive state failures".

He says it paints a picture of "systemic indifference" and "failure" - and in some cases, "dishonesty and greed".

Starmer ends his statement by addressing the Grenfell community, telling them "we will support you now and always, especially those who were children".

He promises to deliver a "generational shift" in housing quality and safety, adding: "In the memory of Grenfell, we will change our country."

The PM ends by saying: "We will bring the full power of government to bear on this task, because that is the responsibility of service and the duty we owe to the memory of every one of the 72."

Starmer says a "safe and decent home is a human right and a basic expectation", which "should never be undermined by the reckless pursuit of greed".

He says Grenfell residents were "ignored" and left in a "death trap".

The PM tells the Commons he laid a wreath during a private visit to the Grenfell memorial wall last week and "got a sense of how utterly, utterly terrifying it must have been".

"I felt just a sense of the anger that now rises through that building, I have a profound determination to make the defining changes in the memory of Grenfell."

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The PM turns to buildings which are still fitted with cladding known to be unsafe today.

The speed at which this is being addressed is far "too slow", he adds, making reference to the Dagenham fire last week, saying "this must be a moment of change".

Starmer says the government is willing to force freeholders to assess buildings and enter remediation schemes within set timetables, with a legal requirement to force action "if that is what it takes".

Details will be set out on remediation this Autumn, he adds.

The government will also reform the construction products industry that "make this fatal cladding".

Starmer says the government will look at implementing all 58 of the inquiry's recommendations and respond in full within six months.

Parliament will be updated annually on meeting those commitments, he says.

Starmer says it is "imperative there is full accountability" for those responsible - including possible criminal prosecutions - as soon as possible.

He announces the government will write to the companies found responsible for "horrific failings" by the inquiry as the "first step to stopping them being awarded government contracts".

The PM adds the government will support the police and Crown Prosecution Service, warning MPs not to "do or say anything that could compromise any future prosecution".

He adds the "greatest injustice of all would be for the victims and all those affected not to get the justice they deserve".

Starmer adds: "One of the most extraordinary qualities of the Grenfell community is their determination to look forward.

"They are not only fighting justice for themselves, they are fighting to ensure no other community suffers as they have done."

The prime minister says there were "many opportunities" for successive governments to identify the risks posed by the use of combustible cladding panels and insulation.

He adds today is a "long awaited day of truth must lead to justice".

Starmer says the failures that surrounded the Grenfell disaster raise "fundamental questions about the kind of country we are".

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Keir Starmer begins his statement by speaking directly to the bereaved families, survivors and the wider Grenfell community, noting the inquiry's conclusion that all 72 deaths were avoidable.

He adds they were failed in just about every way in respect of their safety.

"Seven years still waiting for the justice you deserve.

The prime minister apologises on behalf of the British state, saying "it should never have happened".

Over to the Commons now, where Sir Keir Starmer is giving a statement to MPs on the findings of the final Grenfell inquiry report.

We'll bring you the key lines here - follow along by hitting watch live.

Justice 4 Grenfell, which campaigns for victims, has issued a response to the inquiry's findings.

In a statement, they say it seems “hypocritical” to expect the same organisations that “led to the disaster” to oversee the changes needed.

They add: "Let us never forget that 'people' lived and died at Grenfell."

They say the Metropolitan Police has a "duty to thoroughly examine the evidence", and calls for the "people responsible to face justice with no corporate or state veil to hide behind".