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Grenfell Tower will be demolished, the Government is set to announce.

Every time I go past the tower on the circle line it makes me shudder

On Wednesday night, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner met with the families of the 72 people who died in the fire.

It is understood she told them that the Kensington tower block will be razed to ground level and a memorial erected on the site.

But no work will begin before the eighth anniversary of the tragic inferno on June 14.

An official announcement is expected on Friday.

A spokesperson for Grenfell Next of Kin, a group representing some bereaved families, said Ms Rayner had "announced the decision that the tower will have to be carefully deconstructed".

Fire ripped through the 24-storey North Kensington tower block in June 2017, killing 72 people and sparking a national scandal over building safety and material standards.