Wealth within Grenfell borough is irrelevant, inquiry told

The burned shell of Grenfell Tower block is seen in the background behind town houses in Notting Hill, west London.The fact the borough containing Grenfell Tower has some of the most expensive property in the world should not be exploited to suggest the council callously mistreated its poorest residents, the inquiry into the disaster has been told.“That the council should be seen as the public face of the disaster is entirely understandable,” James Maxwell-Scott QC, representing the