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Former housing minister complains about being questioned at Grenfell Inquiry as he had ‘busy day’ planned

By 2022-04-07T14:01:00

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Eric Pickles told QC this morning to ‘use your time wisely’ as he had a ’number of international guests coming in to see me’

Former housing secretary Eric Pickles has complained about having to answer questions at the Grenfell Inquiry this morning because he had a “busy day” planned.

Pickles told counsel to the inquiry Richard Millett QC to “use your time wisely” because he had “changed my schedules to fit this [attending the inquiry] in”.

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