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Eric Pickles urged to quit as Tory peer over Grenfell inquiry criticism

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Eric Pickles is facing calls to quit as a Tory peer over the Grenfell inquiry.

But he has blamed middle-ranking officials’ for failing to act on a coroner’s warning about fire safety.

Emma Dent Coad , who was Kensington MP when the fire killed 72 people, said Pickles should “have the grace to resign” from the House of Lords and as a government ethics adviser.

Matt Wrack , the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union , also said he should be stripped of his peerage.

Pickles incorrectly said 96 people died in the June 2017 blaze when the correct number of victims was 72 .

Dent Coad , an architectural historian, lost her seat in 2019 and was blocked from standing again for Labour in 2022 .

She was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group , the Jeremy Corbyn-loyal wing of the parliamentary Labour party.

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