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@Toby McCorry, @ArchitectureScribble - excellent posts obviously written with knowledge. I share the concern that this specification was permitted; it seems obvious from the news videos that the cladding was the primary accelerant of the fire and the speed that it climbed the building was truly shocking. The speed of the flashover between panels was quite frightening.
Obviously multiple parties involved in the specification, approval and construction of this cladding must have some hard questions to answer, if not actual prosecution.
Equally the obviously inadequate ventilation in the common areas is of substantive concern - if, as alleged (I have not seen confirmation) the stairwell filled with smoke and there was a lack of lighting then that is criminal in every sense of the word.
The wider issue of refurbishing blocks built to 1970s standards without bringing them up to current standards requires serious debate.