Theresa May leaves St Clement’s church where yesterday she announced the £5 million fund for victims

Theresa May yesterday reneged on a government pledge to rehouse all Grenfell Tower residents in the local area, admitting that some may be forced to move nine miles away.

The prime minister said that some survivors of the blaze may be rehoused in other parts of London despite an assurance from Alok Sharma, the housing minister, that this wouldn’t happen.

Mr Sharma had told MPs on Thursday that the “government will guarantee that every single family from Grenfell Tower will be rehoused in the local area”. He made the promise after being challenged by MPs, including the local constituency MP Emma Dent Coad, during a debate in Westminster Hall.

Ms Dent Coad, the new Labour MP for Kensington, said it was essential that residents “remain