Tenant management organisation awarded Rydon the Grenfell refurbishment contract in 2014

The tenant management organisation (TMO) which manages Grenfell Tower and the surrounding estate is to be stripped of its responsibility, the prime minister has said.

Theresa May told the BBC she had a 鈥渞espectful鈥 meeting with survivors of the fire, and said they had been concerned about the Kensington & Chelsea TMO.

鈥淚 was pleased that I was able to tell them鈥 that the TMO will no longer have responsibility for the Lancaster West housing estate,鈥 the prime minister said.

May passed on the residents鈥 concerns to the leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, Elizabeth Campbell, who said she would consider 鈥渁ll options鈥 for future management of the estate.

There was 鈥渘o future role鈥 for the TMO in the Lancaster West estate and residents would be consulted about a replacement, Campbell added.

The TMO was established in 1996 to manage almost 10,000 properties in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.

It awarded Rydon the Grenfell Tower refurbishment contract in 2014, which is .