Reform UK’s new housing spokesperson sacked after ‘everyone dies in the end’ comment on Grenfell fire

By Tom Lowe2026-04-02T11:29:00

Source: Daniel Gayne

Former Homes England chair Simon Dudley said fire was a ‘tragedy’ but more people die while driving

Reform UK’s new housing spokesperson has been sacked after he described the Grenfell Tower fire as a “failure” of building safety but “everyone dies in the end”.

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