Brits Are Upset With The Prime Minister's Response To The London Fire

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After visiting the site, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "I tell you this - many residents I met there this afternoon are very angry".

Another said: "It was a death trap and they knew it".

Asked if there were angry exchanges, he said: "We tried to hold it well as a meeting".

More than 100 people stormed the town hall Friday in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea with a list of demands following the devastating tower block fire. But his brother, who he thought was right behind him, didn't make it out.

At least 30 people have died in Wednesday's fire and dozens are missing. "(But there was) nothing, they weren't collating these numbers".

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William have also met with residents who were affected by the fire.

Protestors attend a rally outside Downing Street as police guard the gates; flowers are left for the victims of the blaze.

"The response of the emergency services, National Health Service and the community has been heroic", the prime minister said in a statement. She says "the support on the ground for families who needed help or basic information in the initial hours after this appalling disaster was not good enough".

The inferno Wednesday morning at the 24-story Grenfell Tower has led to community anger and protests over the government's response.

The newspaper said Friday that Omnis Exteriors manufactured the aluminum composite material used in the cladding.

Criticism of May intensified Friday after she sidestepped questions in a televised interview about whether she had underestimated the public's anger and frustration.

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Metropolitan police, however, indicated in their statement that Zaghba was not a "subject of interest" before the attack. The Guardian said he was a pastry chef who had lived in Dagenham in east London , not far from where Butt was residing.

She also said that the public inquiry into the fire would report back to personally.

Mr Cundy has warned the search and recovery operation is going to take a "significant" amount of time - with both the police and the London Fire Brigade saying it will take weeks to complete. "People have lost their lives, people have had their homes destroyed, they have fled for their lives with absolutely nothing".

"It is hard to escape a very somber national mood", the queen said in a statement to mark her official birthday - an occasion that typically does not result in any public comments from the monarch.

Dozens are still missing. "Wherever we can, we will bring people to justice if there is evidence".

"In recent months, the country has witnessed a succession of bad tragedies", she said.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet with survivors of the London high-rise fire at her Downing Street office. "And therefore, sadly, I have to assume that they are dead", he said.

They would wear high-visibility clothing so that they could easily be found, dispense advice and ensure the right support was provided, she added.

Families of the victims and residents of Grenfell said they were furious that the local government had for years ignored their complaints about the building's lack of measures in case of fire and had not adequately attended to survivors of the blaze.

At least 58 people are dead or presumed dead and many others are homeless.

"We are not here to trouble people".

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