The devastating Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people was the result of "decades of failure" by government and the construction industry to act on the dangers of flammable materials on high-rise buildings, a long-awaited report has found.The west London tower block was covered in combustible products because of "systematic dishonesty" from firms who made and sold the cladding and insulation, inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick said, as he called out "deliberate and sustained" manipulatio

The devastating Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 people was the result of "decades of failure" by government and the construction industry to act on the dangers of flammable materials on high-rise buildings, a long-awaited report has found.The west London tower block was covered in combustible products because of "systematic dishonesty" from firms who made and sold the cladding and insulation, inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick said, as he called out "deliberate and sustained" manipulation of fire safety testing, misrepresentation of test data and misleading of the market.The seven-volume and near-1,700 page final report of the inquiry into the disaster laid out in damning detail how those in positions of responsibility had not heeded or acted on warnings from earlier fires.