Councillor Dent Coad's Grenfell Mission: New Book & Council Changes

0:00On April 8th, St. Helens' counselor, Dent Code, has long championed the Grenfell community after the devastating fire in 2017. That took 72 lives. She served as MP for Kensington, winning by just 20 votes in the snap election right before the blaze hit the tower block. Now, after nearly two decades as a counselor in Kensington and Chelsea, she stepping away from the council. Her political path included a narrow defeat in 2019 and resigning from labor in April, 2023, over party, direction. She stayed on as labor group leader locally, but felt freer to push her agenda outside formal roles. The fire left lasting scars, with families searching hospitals for loved ones amid the horror. Dent Code calls her work a mission to uncover council failings and deeper issues in the burrow that shocked even her after years in the game. She's channeling that fire into a new book, Grenfell Britain, greed, power, and national tragedy, dropping in spring, 2027.

1:02It draws from outside voices on the disaster and wider UK housing woes, building on her 2022 debut about inequality in Kensington. Meanwhile, Kensington and Chelsea council points to big changes since the Grenfell inquiry, safe for homes, better tenant input, and 45 new. Pledges to rebuild trust and honor the tragedy's lessons for good.