By Vanessa Allen for the Daily Mail
Published: 00:41 BST, 7 May 2019 | Updated: 00:42 BST, 7 May 2019
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Angry survivors and grieving families from Grenfell Tower accused the public inquiry into the tragedy of ‘failing to deliver’ yesterday.
Lawyers said families had lost faith in the multi-million pound inquiry after a series of delays, and felt it had shown ‘a total lack of respect’ for the 72 people killed in the tragedy.
Chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick was expected to deliver his interim report on the first phase of the inquiry this Spring, but has yet to announce when the report will be ready.
The Grenfell Tower fire (pictured) claimed 72 lives, but some have used the tragedy to claim money meant for victims
The second phase of the inquiry is not expected to resume until next year, and police have said criminal charges are unlikely to be brought until late 2021, after the inquiry’s final report is published.
Lawyers representing survivors and the bereaved have written to Sir Martin to voice concerns about the delays and a lack of information given to families.
They urged the former High Court judge to make immediate fire safety recommendations which could help to prevent a future tragedy.
The group of lawyers from 11 firms, representing around 90 people, said families felt they had been left ‘out in the cold’ because of a lack of communication from the inquiry.
Lawyer Isabel Bathurst, of Slater and Gordon, one of the firms behind the letter, said: ‘The families have lost faith in the inquiry and believe the process shows no humanity or fundamental interest in what they are fighting for.
‘They collectively feel it
