LABC failed to correct ‘misleading’ Kingspan insulation certificate, Grenfell Inquiry hears

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Failure came as local authority building control body was seeking a sponsorship deal with the firm

A building control body ignored repeated warnings about a “misleading” certificate for a combustible Kingspan insulation product while seeking a sponsorship deal with the firm, the Grenfell inquiry has heard.

Local Authority Building Control (LABC), which represents council building control inspectors, had granted Kingspan’s K15 insulation a certificate stating that it was of ‘limited combustibility’.

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