The UK government tested flammable cladding materials 15 years before the deadly fire of 2017. Somehow it neglected to take steps to update the fire code to prohibit use of those materials.

The UK government under Tory rule has shown a pervasive tendency to fail in ways that screw individual and let businesses get away with murder. This is one example. Another is the privatized "jobcenters" that default to punishing welfare recipients for any technical violation of the onerous rules.