Prime Minister Theresa May to meet Grenfell Tower survivors at Downing Street

Prime Minister Theresa May is to meet victims from the Grenfell Tower disaster at Downing Street.
Victims, volunteers and community leaders from the Grenfell Tower disaster, arrive in Downing Street in London, for a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May.Victims, volunteers and community leaders from the Grenfell Tower disaster, arrive in Downing Street in London, for a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May.
Victims, volunteers and community leaders from the Grenfell Tower disaster, arrive in Downing Street in London, for a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May.

The meeting on Saturday comes amid criticism levelled at Mrs May for not meeting those caught up in the fire in the immediate wake of the tragedy.

Mrs May arrived in Downing Street on Saturday where she is chairing the Government task force on the disaster. She will meet victims, volunteers and community leaders afterwards, No

10 said.

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A Downing Street spokesman said: "The Prime Minister is this morning chairing a cross-Government meeting to ensure everything possible is being done to support those affected by the

Grenfell tragedy.

"Afterwards, she will meet a group of residents, victims, volunteers and community leaders in No 10. The PM has sent her best wishes to HM Queen on the event of her birthday."

On Saturday, NHS England said 19 people were being treated in hospital, including 10 in critical care.

Search and rescue teams from London Fire Brigade reached the second from top floor inside the Tower on Saturday.

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On Friday, grief over the disaster turned into anger as protesters took to the streets to vent over the fire which killed at least 30, with dozens more deaths feared.

Mrs May was greeted with cries of "coward" and "shame on you" as she returned to the site of the devastating fire in west London on Friday.

Later, demonstrators stormed the offices of Kensington and Chelsea Council over its handling of the crisis amid concerns that earlier renovation work was linked to the dramatic spread of

the blaze.