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Were Grenfell deaths a 'social murder'?
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were "murdered by political decisions", and later described it as "social murder".
Historian Giles Udy looked at the historical context of the social murder phrase, before Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn heard reaction from Labour MP Jess Phillips and Conservative MP Robert Halfon.
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