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Kensington and Chelsea

a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: Kensington Palace (17th century) and gardens. Pop.: 174 400 (2003 est.). Area: 12 sq. km (5 sq. miles)
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Dan Wilson Craw, director of Generation Rent, a group that campaigns for affordable housing in communities said: "There's a huge gap between the people who want to buy multi-million pound properties in Kensington and Chelsea and people who have ordinary jobs and struggle to afford a home in the place they grew up in.
Andrew Mason, mortgage director at Lloyds, said seven addresses in the borough of Westminster and the borough of Kensington and Chelsea came with an average price tag of more than PS11m.
Four of the sculptures were parked at exclusive addresses around Kensington and Chelsea, finished in shades of copper, red and blue.
Kensington and Chelsea council, Grenfell's owner, said: "This will be a matter for the public inquiry and to comment further could risk prejudicing the police investigation." Meanwhile, it was reported that 30 high rises still fail to meet fire safety building regulations, despite removal of cladding.
Emma Will, of Kensington and Chelsea Council, said: "Traumatic memories can be revived by many sensations - a sight, a smell, a noise.
"After an initial assessment of that information, the officer leading the investigation has today notified Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that each organisation may have committed the offence of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007."
Robert Black, chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation, which manages Grenfell Tower, also stepped down so he could "concentrate on assisting with the investigation and inquiry".
The BBC said Kensington and Chelsea Council and the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation have been told there are grounds for considering charges against them.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid sidestepped pleas to send commissioners to seize control of Kensington and Chelsea council, amid claims the authority "couldn't run a bath".
Kensington and Chelsea are so posh in fact that David and Victoria Beckham, Nigella Lawson and Kylie Minogue have all owned luxury pads in the borough at some point.
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