Grenfell: the anatomy of a housing disasterGrenfell Tower in west London, with the centre of the city on the horizon. It has become a symbol of the housing divide across Britain © FT montage; Getty ImagesIn 1977, two years before Margaret Thatcher became prime minister and started to liberalise the UK’s economy and housing policy, the punk band The Clash released “London’s Burning”. “I’m up and down the Westway, in and out the lights/What
