BBCNEWS Newsnight September 13, 2017
One of the themes that emerged in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire was the link between the disaster and austerity. Thats an idea thats particularly galling, given just how rich the royal borough of kensington and chelsea actually is. Im here in elm park gardens, which is a road about three miles south from Grenfell Tower, on the other side of the borough. The average Property Price here is £1. 8 million. But its actually here that the real story of the grenfell fire begins. You see, on this road, the council sold off a load of its property, including some of these basement flats. The...