{"product_id":"culpable-deregulation-austerity-and-the-causes-of-the-grenfell-tower-fire-9780745351025","title":"Culpable: Deregulation, Austerity and the Causes of the Grenfell Tower Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If anyone still doubts that 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire because successive governments deliberately took away safety measures in the name of profit, this lucid, luminously written book will put them straight' \u003c\/b\u003eFrancis Beckett, journalist and contemporary historian \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A searing indictment of the death and destruction neoliberalism has wreaked' \u003c\/b\u003eGregor Gall, Visiting Professor, University of Leeds \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Frames the frantic moments of heroism and exhaustion of that night within a calm, detailed account of the FBU's fire safety advocacy over decades' \u003c\/b\u003eDaniel Blackburn, Director, International Centre for Trade Union Rights \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In June 2017, a fire broke out in the 25-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in West London. 72 people died in what was the worst residential fire in Britain since World War II. \u003ci\u003eCulpable\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing indictment of the government's role in this tragedy. For nearly four decades, the ministers responsible for public safety systematically dismantled regulations through privatisation and deregulation, enabling the contractors who made Grenfell Tower a ticking time-bomb. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Despite warnings from professionals (including the Fire Brigades Union), politicians from successive governments imposed deregulation in the name of the market and in favour of private profiteers. Meticulously researched, and drawing on the extensive findings of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, \u003ci\u003eCulpable\u003c\/i\u003e sets the record straight and challenges readers to consider the fundamental issues of power and violence that remain unresolved in the aftermath of Grenfell. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Hampton\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Research and Policy at the Fire Brigades Union. He is the author of numerous FBU and other labour movement publications, and has been a trade unionist for 40 years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745351025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Paul Hampton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51894758244533,"sku":"9780745351025","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3b2ddaf9-8f6d-4be0-bbf5-fdb020f473f9.jpg?v=1760491120","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/culpable-deregulation-austerity-and-the-causes-of-the-grenfell-tower-fire-9780745351025","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}