Building control body denies it took ‘benevolent’ attitude to Kingspan because it was in financial trouble

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A building control body has denied that it took a “benevolent” attitude towards a combustible cladding product used on Grenfell Tower because it was facing financial difficulties. Local Authority Building Control (LABC) head of education David Ewing said there was “very little in terms of profit” resulting from the body’s decision to repeatedly issue misleading certificates for Kingspan’s K15 insulation. Monday’s hearing of the Grenfell Inquiry was shown emails from Ewing in 2014 in which he told colleagues that Kingspan was seeking certificates for 30 of its products.