Today the Prime Minister made a statement in the House of Commons about the Grenfell Tower fire. I challenged her to get a grip on the tragedy personally and use Cobra to call together all local authorities to require them to check the cladding on every one of their tower blocks, and to give councils the resources they need to conduct these inspections, to replace cladding if found to be combustible and fit sprinklers – all within a specified timescale.

You can read the full debate here.