Reform housing spokesperson sacked after Grenfell ‘everyone dies’ remarks

Simon Dudley fired after his comments were condemned by prime minister and families of fire victims Reform UK’s housing spokesperson has been sacked from his role after he described the Grenfell Tower fire as a “tragedy” but said that “everyone dies in the end”. Keir Starmer had called on Nigel Farage to sack Simon Dudley, a former head of Homes England, after comments which were condemned by Grenfell families and others. Dudley announced in February that he was joining Reform, as Nigel Farage said he was planning to bring more “experts” onboard to advise the party. He was embroiled in controversy on Wednesday night after he gave an interview to Inside Housing magazine in which he described building safety regulations introduced after the 2017 Grenfell tragedy as “regulation which is not working”. After Reform initially appeared to stand by Dudley, Farage said at a press conference to announce Reform policy on pensions that Dudley had “gone” as a result of his “deeply shocking” comments. Dudley’s comments overshadowed the press conference on Thursday, which was called to announce a new policy on pensions. After Reform put out a statement on Wednesday nig