US EditionAnger at Reform housing spokesman over ‘everyone has to die’ Grenfell comment
Simon Dudley said post-Grenfell rules are slowing homebuilding, while the inquiry found 72 deaths were avoidable and followed decades of regulatory failure.
- On Wednesday, Reform housing spokesman Simon Dudley suggested post-Grenfell safety regulations have "swung too far the wrong way," labeling them "regulation which is not working."
- The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 people, with the Grenfell Inquiry finding the disaster was an "avoidable" result of "decades of failure" by government and the building industry.
- Dudley claimed "people dying in house fires is rare," arguing the country must prioritize building 1.5 million new homes by 2029 despite current regulatory hurdles.
- Housing Secretary Steve Reed and Green Party MP Sian Berry demanded Dudley's dismissal, with advocates criticizing his "moral vacuum" and suggesting his comments showed "disrespect to the victims."
- Reform UK maintains housing must be built safely, though the party faces pressure to address tension between necessary safety enforcement and regulatory burdens on developers.
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Anger at Reform housing spokesman over ‘everyone has to die’ Grenfell comment
Simon Dudley said the pendulum had ‘swung too far the wrong way’ on building regulations.
Reform UK housing spokesman sparks outrage over Grenfell ‘everyone dies’ comment
Housing Secretary Steve Reed said Nigel Farage should sack Simon Dudley for his ‘disgraceful’ comments about the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that claimed 72 lives Paige Ingram and Helen Corbett Press Association Political Correspondent 00:18, 02 Apr 2026Updated 00:55, 02 Apr 2026 Reform UK is under pressure to dismiss its housing spokesman after he described the Grenfell Tower fire as a “tragedy” while remarking that “everyone dies in the end”. Si…
"Nigel Farage must sack Simon Dudley for this disgusting outburst." Sian Berry MP - Green Party
Responding to Reform UK’s Housing Chief, Simon Dudley’s suggestion that post-Grenfell safety rules “have gone too far”, Green Party MP Siân Berry said, “Reform has sunk to a new low and shown a real disrespect to the victims of Grenfell. Anyone who has any awareness of what Grenfell residents went through, in fact anyone with any empathy or humanity, will find these comments truly abhorrent. Nigel Farage must sack Simon Dudley for this disgustin…
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