00:00The covered remains of Grenfell Tower are a constant reminder of the tragedy that took place
00:06here in June 2017. 72 people were killed when fire spread throughout the tower block in West London.
00:14However, the government's decision to demolish the tower has been met with anger by many relatives
00:20and survivors. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner met bereaved families on
00:26Wednesday evening to tell them the decision. Grenfell United, which represents some of the
00:31survivors and the bereaved, claim their voices have been ignored. They say the Deputy PM could
00:37not give a reason to demolish the tower and would not say how many families she spoke to
00:43during the four-week consultation period. Independent structural engineering advice
00:48given to the government says the significantly damaged parts of the building should be taken down.
00:54Obviously a decision has got to be made. The Deputy Prime Minister will be setting that out
00:58tomorrow, so we'll see the full detail of that. I think first and foremost we do need to always
01:06have in our minds eye the victims in this terrible, terrible tragedy.
01:13One local councillor says demolition will cause a lot of upset locally,
01:17but adds that for some the tower's continued presence is a painful reminder.
01:22The tower represents very different things for different people. Some people see it as a memorial,
01:28some people see it as a rebuke to those who are responsible, and some people it breaks their
01:34heart every day, and I'm in that team actually, just to see it and I get flashbacks when I look
01:40at it, so I don't like looking at it. But there are certainly people who see it as a sacred site.
01:47Since 2020, the Grenfell Memorial Commission has been looking at ways of creating a permanent
01:52reminder of what happened here. It's a memory, it'll be a memory for us, you know, what if they
02:00do something nice with nice water, a fountain, it'll be so nice, you know, and that's one thing
02:07we're fighting for now. We don't want anyone to forget what happened that day. What a Grenfell
02:14Memorial will look like is a long process involving thousands of voices and a lot of
02:20passion. What we do know is that this part of West London will soon start to look very different.
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