A man has been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently trying to get compensation by pretending he had lost family members in the Grenfell Tower fire.

Police say the man came forward in the immediate aftermath of the fire and was assigned family liaison officers after he claimed that he lost his wife and son.

An investigation began after inconsistencies emerged in the man's stories. Police spoke to nearby residents of the flat within Grenfell Tower who confirmed he did not live at the address.

Officers also traced an address in Bromley where the man was living at the time of the fire and discovered he does not have a wife or child.