Findings and recommendations from the second phase of the Grenfell Inquiry have been hit by further delays and are now not expected to be published until towards the middle of next year, it has emerged.

An update from the project team probing the systemic and industry failings behind the 2017 tower-block fire in west London that claimed 72 lives said it would not be possible to publish the report before April 2024.

The inquiry took its last evidence in summer 2022 and heard closing statements in autumn last year. At that time it was expected that the report, which will examine the government’s oversight of the building-safety system and the conduct of product manufacturers and contractors involved in the ill-fated refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, would be published before the end of 2023.

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