Grenfell campaigners say they have been told by the deputy prime minister that the tower block will be demolished.
A spokesperson for Grenfell Next of Kin, a group representing some bereaved families, told the PA news agency that Angela Rayner had “announced the decision that the tower will have to be carefully deconstructed”.
The government has previously said there will be no changes to the site before the eighth anniversary of the fire disaster, which claimed 72 lives in June 2017.
It is expected more details will be set out by ministers by the end of the week.
The Grenfell Next Of Kin spokesperson said the decision around the tower’s future was “obviously a very sensitive and difficult” one.
They added: “For the next of kin of the deceased, that building is a shrine and the death place of their immediate families, their brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, husbands, wives and children – but they understand the hard facts around safety.”
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