Grenfell Tower fire: chancellor gives extra £28m to help victims

Budget pledges cash to Kensington & Chelsea council but offers no nationwide help for fire safety work in other towers An additional £28m of government funding is to be provided to help the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, Philip Hammond said in his budget, but he did not announce any central government funds to pay for essential fire safety work in other towers. The chancellor said the Grenfell disaster, in which 71 people died and hundreds were left homeless and traumatised, was a