12 February 2025, 20:45 | Updated: 12 February 2025, 21:01

Watch Again: Andrew Marr speaks to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner | 12/02/25

By Danielle de Wolfe

Angela Rayner has told LBC that that she took advice from NHS trauma specialists ahead of her meeting with Grenfell families and survivors over the demolition of the tower.

The Deputy Prime Minister had previously defended her decision to demolish the structure, which was announced during a private meeting with families and survivors last week.

The final decision over the fate of the west London tower block divided opinion, with the MP denying she had been "aggressive" in her response.

Speaking with Andrew Marr on Wednesday, Ms Rayner revealed: "I took advice from trauma specialists at the NHS there with me to try and give the clear information and to do it in a way that was as less traumatic as it could be, but it was always going to be difficult."

Some of those who survived and were bereaved by the 2017 fire expressed upset and shock after meeting with Ms........

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