Counting cost of business - A deadly race to the bottom

Finding the causes of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster, which took the lives of 71 people in London last year, will be long and painful. The public inquiry established by the British government starts work next week amid continuing disquiet among survivors and families of the dead about the background, experience and mindset of the judge chosen to chair what will undoubtedly be an extraordinarily lengthy inquest.

In looking at 13 separate issues — from the causes and progress of the fire in the early hours on June 14 to the design, construction, modifications and management of the building since its completion in 1974 — it will hear evidence from more than 500 people and 28 organisations and study 400,000 documents.