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Mayor Sadiq Khan says questions need to be answered after deadly tower block fire

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said questions will need to be answered over the safety of tower blocks after several people were killed on Wednesday (14) when a fire engulfed a 24-storey building.

Some residents said they had been advised they should stay in their flats in the event of a fire, while the block's residents association had previously warned it was worried about the risk of a serious fire.


"These questions are really important questions that need to be answered," Khan told BBC Radio.

"Across London we have many, many tower blocks and what we can't have is a situation where people's safety is put at risk because of bad advice being given or if it is the case, as has been alleged, of tower blocks not being properly serviced or maintained."

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Mosques to receive security funding following rise in hate crimes

Prime minister Keir Starmer holds a copy of The Quran, as he stands with home secretary Shabana Mahmood (R) during a visit to Peacehaven Mosque near Brighton in southern England, on October 23, 2025. (Photo by PETER NICHOLLS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Mosques to receive security funding following rise in hate crimes

MOSQUES and Muslim faith centres across the country will receive an additional £10 million in security funding to protect them from hate crime and attacks, prime minister Keir Starmer announced on Thursday (23).

Starmer, accompanied by home secretary Shabana Mahmood, announced the funding following a visit to Peacehaven Mosque in East Sussex, which was targeted in an arson attack on October 4.

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