The public inquiry into the causes of the fire that killed 72 people in the Tower of West London has spent 9 149 million so far with more than 60 60 million going to lawyers working for key participants, the inquiry revealed on Thursday. The London Fire Brigade has spent an additional 13 13 million, the Royal District of Kensington and Chelsea is projected to spend εκατο 10 million and Arconic, the company that made the flammable linings that were the main cause of the outbreak, said £ 55 million in legal and professional fees spent to defend her. The cost, which is likely to be even higher when the costs of other companies involved in the disaster are taken into account, reduce the 3 293,000 saved by researching the renovation project when unburned zinc panels were exchanged for aluminum-filled plastic composite. Hundreds of mourners and survivors are set to gather at Westminster Abbey and at the base of the tower north of the Kensington and Chelsea boroughs on Tuesday to pay their respects to those who died when the 24-storey square collapsed. refrigerator in the early hours of June 14, 2017. There will be a quiet walk in the streets around the tower. The public inquiry has been going on for more than four years and while the hearings are due to end in July, its chairman, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, is not expected to deliver his final report until 2023. Scotland Yard detectives are investigating possible crimes. including corporate homicide, aggravated manslaughter and health and safety crimes, no major arrests have yet been made. They are awaiting the outcome of the public inquiry before deciding whether to propose prosecution, which means that any trials could begin by 2024. Twenty-four law firms have received public funding to represent key participants, most of whom are survivors and mourners. Public funds are used to pay 13 lawyers, including five QCs and 132 other beneficiaries. Their fees are currently running at a cost to the taxpayer of £ 43,000 for each business day. Moore-Bick, a retired judge of the Court of Appeals, earns .000 210,000-220,000 a year, while the legal team and the team of experts of the investigation itself have so far cost over 23 23 million. There has been frustration that a key recommendation already made by the investigation has been rejected by the government. Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7 p.m. BST Last month, ministers rejected Moore-Bick’s call for all disabled tenants to be given a personal fire evacuation plan, angering survivors and disability activists. Fifteen of the 37 disabled residents lost their lives in the 2017 fire and the survey recommended in October 2019 that “the owner and manager of each multi-storey residential building is required by law to prepare personal emergency evacuation plans [Peeps] for all residents whose ability to evacuate themselves may be at risk (such as people with reduced mobility or cognitive ability) “. But the Home Office said it had decided it was not proportionate or practical to introduce the plan, citing problems such as cost to owners.
