Grenfell Admissions

  Housing Secretary Michael Gove has admitted he believes the system of regulation was "faulty and ambiguous" and not policed properly by the government and it contributed to the Grenfell fire tragedy

Gove said there was also an "active willingness" on the part of developers to endanger lives for profit.

Gove said: "Yes. The government did not think hard enough, or police effectively enough, the whole system of building safety." He added that ambiguity in the guidance "allowed unscrupulous people to exploit a broken system in a way that led to tragedy".

 Gove drew a distinction between "sins of omission and sins of commission", suggesting that, while the government was guilty of the former, some developers were guilty of the latter.

"There is an active willingness to put people in danger in order to make a profit, which to my mind is a significantly greater sin," he said.

Grenfell: Gove says government guidance partly to blame for fire - BBC News