'72 people died in Grenfell but so little changed... it took another tragedy in Awaab for action to finally happen'

It was the tragedy that really should have been social housing's defining moment. The Grenfell Tower fire claimed 72 lives, including 18 children, and left more than 70 others injured.

Some of the firefighters who rushed to rescue those inside have even been diagnosed with rare cancers linked to contaminants from the blaze. The horror had unfolded 18 months before Awaab Ishak had even been born - and three-and-a-half years before his death.

Ed Daffarn was rescued from the 16th floor of Grenfell as the West London tower block was engulfed in flames on June 14, 2017. "I was literally taking my last breath when I got rescued by a firefighter who stumbled across me in a communal stairwell," he told the Manchester Evening News.

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Today (March 1), the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill will return to the House of Commons. It is the first opportunity for MPs to debate amendments put forward by housing secretary Michael Gove following the campaign for Awaab's Law.

But for Ed, it's the latest step in a five-year battle to secure a legacy for the victims of Grenfell. Along with other members of Grenfell United - a group consisting of both survivors and the bereaved following the fire - he has followed Awaab's story with 'horror and trauma'.

"The loss of a child is just something that is absolutely unimaginable," he said. "We lost 18 children at Grenfell, so as a community we've had to come to terms with this sort of issue, which no human being should ever have to go through.

"So there was a very visceral human [reaction to Awaab's death]. But as we found out a bit more about it, and how many similarities there were between Grenfell and Awaab's situation, [we felt]