LETTER: Grenfell Tower tragedy was a result of privatising services
'There are a lot of vulnerable people and I worry about the lack of any warden or staff available to help'
Sam Petherick-bathNews editor
Grenfell Tower after an inferno ripped through it, killing dozens of residents (Image: SWNS.com)
So where are those who moan about Health & Safety and 'the council' now, after the horrendous fire in London?
This tragedy is in the main a result of privatising housing services so that the arms-length Tenant Management Organisation that runs the building can dodge responsibility while walking away with profits paid by council tax payers.
There are no council staff to help those poor survivors, just contracted cheaper low paid workers for a private business.
Also, advice on standards for building safety, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, was abolished in 2011, leaving no public independent technical advice to say what materials are safe.
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My elderly mother lives in a block owned by B&NES's own TMO, Curo, who have become increasingly just a money making housing developer. It was built in the 1980s and they have only just installed fire doors.
There are a lot of vulnerable people and I worry about the lack of any warden or staff available to help.
The public has chosen this situation by not respecting public servants and voting for this lack of services and erosion of standards and care.
A proud-to-be public servant
Timsbury
Curo