Survivors' question UK fire investigation

Victims of the Grenfell tower fire in London could boycott the inquiry if the proposed scope is not widened, campaigners say.

Grenfell Tower

The company that installed Grenfell Tower's cladding is under scrutiny. (AAP)

Victims of London's Grenfell tower fire could boycott the inquiry into the disaster unless the scope is widened.

Sir Martin Moore-Bick, who will lead the probe, had previously said he was doubtful the investigation would be far-reaching enough to satisfy those who survived the blaze.

The proposals are for the inquiry to look at the events of June 14 - such as how the fire started and how it developed so rapidly - but calls have been made for the investigation to be broadened.

It comes as:

* The Government said it will keep a "close eye" on Kensington and Chelsea Council as pressure builds for the troubled authority to be taken over by commissioners.

* One Grenfell Tower resident claims she had her rent deduced from her bank account after the disaster.

* It has emerged an executive from the company that made the insulation fitted to Grenfell Tower is an adviser to the Government on building regulations.

Yvette Williams, one of the organisers of the Justice 4 Grenfell campaign group, said survivors and victims' families are "very, very angry" and want the "systemic issues" surrounding the fire to be looked at as part of the inquiry.

"They cannot just look at 14 June, when that building became an inferno. They can't do that, she told Sky News.

"If we don't get good terms of reference for the public inquiry and we don't get a wide remit so that those people can take responsibility for what they've done, then we won't participate in it."


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