The Tory housing minister has admitted that not all Grenfell survivors will be rehoused in time for the one-year anniversary of the blaze which killed 71.

Sajid Javid admitted that progress had been "far too slow" as he revealed nine months on from the fire just 62 out of 204 households have been resettled into permanent accommodation.

Labour said the Government's record on rehousing was "shameful".

June 14 will mark one year since the devastating blaze ripped through the 24-storey tower in North Kensington.

In a statement to the Commons, Mr Javid told MPs that 82 households were still in emergency accommodation, including 15 in hotels with 25 families and 39 children among them.

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He said: "This is totally unacceptable, the suffering that these families have already endured is unimaginable. Living for this long in hotels can only make the process of grieving and recovery even harder."

In all, since the Grenfell Tower task force's last report five months ago, 188 households have accepted an offer of accommodation, 128 households have moved into new accommodation, 62 into permanent homes.

Mr Javid said this was "welcome news", but added that "progress has been far too slow".

And he admitted: "It is unlikely that all households will be permanently rehoused by the one-year anniversary of the fire. This is clearly not good enough, and I hoped to have seen much more progress.

Shadow housing minster Tony Lloyd said the Government's record on rehousing was "shameful" (
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"It's very understandable that the people in north Kensington will feel disappointed and let down."

He said: "It was always going to be a challenge to respond to an unprecedented tragedy on this scale and to secure new accommodation in one of the country's most expensive locations, but progress has not been made as quickly as it should of done."

Shadow housing minster Tony Lloyd said the Government's record on rehousing was "shameful".

He said: "In the very beginning of this process had the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister come to the House and told us that nine months on only 62 of those houses would be permanently rehoused, he would be laughed out of this chamber and rightly laughed out.

"This is a shameful record nine months on."