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Grenfell survivors furious over David Cameron’s claim that inquiry backed him over red-tape drive

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David Cameron said fire regulations had not been part of his government’s “red tape drive” to cut regulations.

But campaigners said the former PM 's words were “bollocks” and “total bullshit” The former prime minister chose to make his first statement since the inquiry published last Wednesday in a post on X, formerly Twitter , at 6pm on Friday evening .

The Grenfell Next of Kin group said Cameron ’s comments were staggering’ The group said from 2010 onwards the government pursued a drive that had a disdain for regulations.

Masoumeh Samimi , 38 , whose mother and aunt were killed in the fire on the 23rd floor, said: “ David Cameron is talking without thinking, and his statement is ridiculous”.

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