The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast

On the first day of the public inquiry family and friends of those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire commemorated their loved ones. Today the relatives of Logan Gomes, Denis Murphy, Mohamed Amied Neda, Joseph Daniels, Mary Mendy and Khadija Saye spoke

Public inquiries are limited in what they can achieve. They don't have judicial powers so they can’t decide guilt or innocence. Inquiries – such as the one into the Grenfell Tower fire – produce a report and make a set of recommendations which the government of the day can choose to implement or ignore.

So, what do fire safety experts, the survivors and the bereaved of Grenfell hope this public inquiry can achieve?

The retired judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick is chairing the Grenfell inquiry and will be responsible for producing the final recommendations, but what do we know about him? And why has there been such a debate about whether a panel will sit alongside him?

How has the relationship between the community and officials changed in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire? BBC Newsnight's Katie Razzall walks us through the events between the June 2017 and the start of the public inquiry.

A guide to the rooms where the inquiry is taking place in central London. Plus some advice from Dame Janet Smith who chaired a public inquiry into Harold Shipman and Julie Bailey who campaigned for an inquiry into failings at Staffordshire hospital.

A daily podcast from the public inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower in June 2017.