The American radical Joe Hill memorably wrote 'Don't mourn, organise'.As the Grenfell Inquiry drifts into its expensive lawyer phrase let's focus on how local government and wider society can implement some immediate lessons.We should firstly pay tribute to the Local Government Association chairman Lord Porter. A triple by-pass has not hampered his campaign to focus on an urgent need to upgrade building regulations to avoid any repetition of this disaster. Unlike other commentators, Gary's views are shaped by practical experience of the building trade. He has made clear in the pages of The MJ change will be the priority of his final year in office. I wouldn't like to get in his way.
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