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Good evening and welcome to BBC London News, | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
Documents seen by this programme suggest that Camden Council made | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
savings of nearly ?1 million by removing fire doors | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
from refurbishment plans on some of its tower blocks. | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
There's been controversy over the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
and now BBC London can reveal details of similar disagreements | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
over how the Chalcots Estate in Camden was refurbished, | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
As rows go, this one just turned nasty. | :00:36. | :00:42. | |
This is a pretty complicated business. | :00:43. | :00:43. | |
What we know for sure is there are four tower blocks | :00:44. | :00:48. | |
on the Chalcots Estate which have been evacuated because | :00:49. | :00:50. | |
1000 fire doors are missing internally. | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
The cladding on the outside isn't fire retardant. | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
What we don't know yet is exactly who to blame. | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
The council thinks it does, blaming its contractor. | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
As the leader explained to this programme a week ago. | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
We thought we were working with reputable companies, | :01:08. | :01:09. | |
and we thought we had what was specified. | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
We feel let down that's not the case. | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
The cladding may be coming down, but the rhetoric is being scaled up. | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
The contractor Rydon has struck back, writing to Camden Council | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
threatening legal action for those specific comments, | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
adding the Council itself signed off on the works | :01:26. | :01:28. | |
BBC London has seen a document showing the omission of fire doors | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
in communal areas during that refurbishment contract | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
The allegation is that Camden Council not only knew | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
the fire doors were being omitted, but they wanted that | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
In response Camden Council released a statement saying... | :01:44. | :02:02. | |
We asked an independent fire expert for his view | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
His response, subcontracting out this sort of work has | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
All the checks and balances we once had, they've gone. | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
All the knowledge which was in local authorities, | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
which was there to provide good, quality building, and to check | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
to ensure buildings were put up and maintained properly, | :02:21. | :02:22. | |
Thoughts shared by many of the residents, like Lulu, | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
who we met as she collected the last of her family's possessions. | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
I don't know where it is going to end. | :02:32. | :02:40. | |
This row between council and contractor is of little interest | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
It is just the beginning of what will be years | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
After the leader of Kensington and Chelsea resigned | :02:50. | :02:58. | |
earlier this evening, the Mayor Sadiq Khan has called | :02:59. | :03:00. | |
on the current administration of the council to be | :03:01. | :03:02. | |
He said the government needs to get a grip and immediately act | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
to appoint commissioners to take over the council. | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
Tolu Adoeye reports on the events of the last 24 hours. | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
That's something we'll look at in due course. | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
Due course came sooner than expected. | :03:20. | :03:21. | |
Just yesterday afternoon, this was Councillor Paget-Brown | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
telling BBC London's political editor it wasn't | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
Would you expect to be the leader in six months' time? | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
That's not a matter I'm able to discuss now. | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
Hours after the interview this happened. | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
A council meeting arranged to discuss the fire descending | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
The press and the public had been banned, but a judge | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
After receiving legal advice, Councillor Paget-Brown | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
cut the meeting short, saying there could be no open | :03:57. | :03:58. | |
In resigning today, he referenced the fallout from that decision | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
as one of the reasons for his departure. | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
As council leader I have to accept my share of responsibility | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
In particular, my decision to accept legal advice that I should not | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
compromise the public enquiry by having an open discussion | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
in public yesterday, has itself become a political story. | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
And it cannot be right that this should have become the focus | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
of attention when so many are dead or still unaccounted for. | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
I have therefore decided to step down as leader of the council | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
Tonight, the mayor Sadiq Khan has welcomed the resignation. | :04:39. | :04:45. | |
He's called on the government to get a grip and immediately act | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
to appoint commissioners to take over the running of Kensington | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
The mayor said he's written to the Prime Minister Theresa May and he's | :04:53. | :05:11. | |
telling her this council is simply not fit for purpose. He wants these | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
independent commissioners to come in. They are usually former Chief | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
Executive Southwark Council that he believes that's what's needed to get | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
the council through this difficult time. He says they should be in | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
place until May next year, until local elections take place. We've | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
had other resignations. Not just Councillor Paget-Brown. The deputy | :05:37. | :05:39. | |
leader has resigned today, the housing chief went today, and last | :05:40. | :05:43. | |
week the council's chief executive also went, so this is a council | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
without leadership at the moment. It's a council that is really in | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
crisis. Robert Atkinson, who is Kensington and Chelsea's Labour | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
leader echoed what Sadiq Khan said. He said external help is needed to | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
get the council through this time. Thank you for the update. | :06:01. | :06:02. | |
Let's find out what the weather is up to with Tomasz Schafernaker. | :06:03. | :06:12. | |
The weekend is looking pretty good for most of us, lots of sunshine on | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
the way. I want to emphasise the word mostly sunny, because it won't | :06:20. | :06:22. | |
be sunny all the time. There is a bit of rain in the forecast, just | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
spit sunspots. This is what we have out there right now. A bit of damp | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
weather. This is going to last through the night. This is nothing | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
too heavy. If you are up very early in the morning, maybe for a walk, a | :06:35. | :06:41. | |
walk with the dog, there won't be big puddles. It will be absolutely | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
fine and dry. Lots of sunshine on the way on Saturday. This is the | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
temperature in Central under, around 24 Celsius. Low 20s just outside | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
town, a really nice day on the way on the whole. Another band of rain | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
is heading our way for early on Sunday morning. If you're up at that | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
time this rain will probably be a bit heavier. Then it should be out | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
of the way by midday or 1pm, the sun should be out again. Another decent | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
day. A bit fresher on Sunday. The wind will change direction out of | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
the north-west. It will be just that bit fresher. I've disappeared, so | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
it's time for the Outlook. Temperatures in the 20s Lustig into | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
Monday. That day on Sunday looking absolutely fine. By Monday, maybe a | :07:29. | :07:31. | |
bit more cloud. Here's Outlook with absolutely fine. By Monday, maybe a | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
bit more cloud. Here's Outlook with Darren Bett. | :07:35. | :07:42. | |
Hello, dry -- July is almost here but June was one of the warmest and | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
wettest on record. This is from the Met Office, it shows areas | :07:48. | :07:50. | |
particularly wet, notably in Scotland. This is the first month in | :07:51. | :07:53. | |
the last year with significantly | :07:54. | :07:56. |