Hard News by Russell Brown

Just to point something out - that building was put up 50 years ago, minus the cladding but also with no sprinklers (which were standard issue on commercial buildings even then). There was a Labour government then, another one from 74-79 and the Blair government from 97-2007. Clearly none of these governments did anything to mandate better fire suppression in residential buildings.

Fine - but I've also seen it pointed out that the building before the reclad was much less likely to have a catastrophic fire, and the "stay put" instruction was likely to be reasonable.

Yes - it appears that the cladding basically acted as both a chimney and a flammable wrapping for the entire building.

Five tower blocks being evacuated, because fire safety can't be guaranteed.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/23/camden-to-evacuate-taplow-tower-over-fire-safety-fears-after-grenfell-disaster