Grenfell fire: Scotland Yard has 'reasonable grounds' to suspect council of corporate manslaughter

Police investigating the Grenfell Tower fire have concluded there are "reasonable grounds" to suspect the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and the council's Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) may have committed corporate manslaughter.

Chiefs from both organisations will be formally interviewed by officers as part of the criminal investigation into the tragedy that claimed at least 80 lives.

The statement sent to families today states: "We have seized a huge amount of material and taken a large number of witness statements. 

"After an initial assessment of that information, the officer leading the investigation has today notified Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that each organisation may have committed the offence of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007."