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The Inquiry’s Phase 2 report was released this week, distilling 400 days of evidence and more than three hundred thousand documents. The report concluded the fire which killed 72 people was the culmination of “decades of failure” by government and others in the construction indus ...  Show more

In the early hours of the 14th of June 2017, a fire broke out in a tower block in West London. This fire was both a personal tragedy and a national scandal.It began in Flat 16 of Grenfell Tower. Before long, the flames reached combustible cladding and insulation, which had been i ...  Show more

In this exclusive BBC News podcast, Laura Kuenssberg interviews Dominic Cummings about his role in government during the pandemic, his relationship with the prime minister, and his role in Brexit. In Part 3, Laura Kuenssberg talks to the PM's former adviser about the struggle for ...  Show more

In this exclusive BBC News podcast, Laura Kuenssberg interviews Dominic Cummings about his role in government during the pandemic, his relationship with the prime minister, and his role in Brexit.In Part 1, Laura Kuenssberg talks to Boris Johnson's former adviser about his handli ...  Show more

What can we expect from Boris Johnson’s Partygate grilling on Wednesday?Adam is joined by Chris Mason and the Guardian’s Pippa Crerar to look ahead to the former prime minister’s much-anticipated appearance before the Commons Privileges Committee.And Baroness Casey is in the stud ...  Show more

How will the three year inquiry into the pandemic unfold? Adam talks to More or Less presenter Tim Harford about how statistics influenced government decision making on the lockdown and vaccines. BBC Health Editor Hugh Pym was in the room for the first day of public hearings and ...  Show more