Jackie Long , Social Affairs Editor and Presenter

The brother of the first named victim of the Grenfell Tower fire says the fire brigade should have abandoned their “stay put” policy much earlier. Omar Al Haj-Ali and his brother Mohammed – both refugees from Syria – were told to stay put three times before deciding to flee, but only Omar made it out…

The council at the heart of the Grenfell Tower disaster is meeting tonight. On the agenda: formally approving a new leader and chief executive. But they’ll also debate a petition signed by more than 1,500 people calling for the entire council leadership to resign, claiming there’s no confidence in their ability to manage public buildings.

A terminally-ill man suffering from motor neurone disease has begun a high court challenge against the ban on assisted dying. Noel Conway says he feels “entombed” by the disease and wants a doctor to be able to help him bring about a “peaceful and dignified” death at a time of his choosing. Jackie Long has…

Leroy Logan, a former superintendent in the Metropolitan police and ex-gang member Gwenton Sloley who now advises the government and the police on youth crime, talk about the recent rise in acid attack.

We were joined by the artist Bob and Roberta Smith and Andrew Boff, a Conservative member of the London Assembly about the future of Wornington college.

One of the consequences of this horrific fire has been to expose what residents say is the huge gulf between the people who live in this part of the borough and the people who run it. An accusation which gained added weight when the new leader of the council admitted she had never been in…

We spoke to the Conservative MP for Chelmsford Vicky Ford to ask her with the opposition promising to derail the repeal bill can the government deliver?

We speak to Sajad Jamalvatan, a student who lived on the third floor of the block who was at the meeting last night.

We spoke to Labour MP Clive Betts who is the newly elected chair of the local government select committee in the Commons. We began by asking him if he had been shocked by some of the revelations coming to light in the wake of the Grenfell fire?

One woman who was there at the Grenfell Tower fire from the early hours was London Fire Brigade’s new Commissioner Dany Cotton. In an exclusive interview a month on from the disaster, Commissioner Cotton tells Jackie Long she had “sufficient resources” and that the brigade’s “stay put policy” is usually the best one.

Student tuition fees are due to rise this Autumn to £9,250. But could their days be numbered? The architect of the system has labelled them a Frankenstein’s Monster that can’t survive.

It became the focus of anger and for many a symbol of failure. Today Kensington Borough Council found itself stripped of some of its core functions. A central government taskforce will now be responsible for housing and other council operations deemed to have fallen short in the aftermath of the Grenfell fire. The move comes…

The retired Appeal court judge who’s leading the investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire has admitted the scope may not be broad enough to satisfy everyone.

The police say the death toll from the Grenfell Tower fire will not be known for many months, with 80 currently presumed dead. They revealed that there are 23 flats in the North Kensington block where they haven’t been able to trace anyone alive. Despite this latest update, there is still growing frustration among local…

Police are now considering manslaughter charges, and say the cladding and insulation used around Grenfell Tower both failed fire safety checks. The Met said documents and materials had been seized from a “number of organisations” involved with the building and refurbishment. It’s also been confirmed that the blaze was caused by a faulty fridge freezer.…