Attention has focused on materials used during the renovation process completed a year ago.
Some Grenfell residents had warned months ago fire safety issues at the tower meant that it was at risk of a "catastrophic" event.
Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, London mayor Sadiq Khan, Prince William and Queen Elizabeth, 91, have all visited residents from the tower which housed around 600 people. Grief over a London high-rise tower fire that killed dozens turned to outrage Friday amid reports that the materials used in a recen.
"It is criminal to wrap homes in flammable plastic", read another sign after it emerged that cladding installed on the exterior walls of the tower as part of refurbishment was officially graded as not fire-resistant.
Around 70 people are missing, according to Britain's Press Association, and identification of the victims is proving very hard.
West London film producer Nisha Parti, who has been helping victims, said the cash is being given to those checking into hotels in the wake of Wednesday's horrific blaze. Dozens were also injured in the fire, including 12 who remain in critical condition.
"This should not be happening in the United Kingdom, this should never happen". Earlier in the day, the 91-year-old monarch described the country's mood as "somber" but insisted that Britain remained resolute during a hard time.
Mr Hammond said the public inquiry set up by the government following the tragedy would also examine if rules had been broken.
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Although Scalise was able to talk on the ballfield, by the time he was transported by helicopter to the hospital, he was in shock. Scalise, 51, and four others were wounded when an IL man opened fire Wednesday morning on the team practice in Alexandria.
Cundy said police had now managed to get to the top of the tower and had undertaken a first visual search for victims, ahead of later painstaking searches.
"Sadly, it is expected that the total will rise and it is not expected that any survivors will be found", he said.
Fire safety experts believe that cladding used on the building's exterior may have fuelled the blaze. British officials have ordered a review of other buildings that have had similar renovations.
Her political future - already in doubt after her Conservative Party lost its governing majority in snap elections she called - has been further questioned because of her response to the fire.
The group said her plea to Mrs May that survivors of the atrocity have the final say on what happens with the site in the future was agreed at the meeting.
"Little can compare in recent times to a tragedy on this scale - the response from the local authority has simply not been good enough".
May announced £5 million, or $6.4 million, in aid to help victims of the Grenfell Tower fire pay for emergency supplies like food, clothing and other items.
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