A local authority building control officer has said that he was “pressured” by Kingspan and a representative body to provide a certificate for a combustible insulation product used on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, the inquiry has heard.

David Jones, a building control officer in Herefordshire, told Thursday’s hearing he was under pressure to “find a way” to approve Kingspan’s K15 insulation as safe to use on high-rise buildings.

The 2009 certificate he produced for Local Authority Building Control (LABC) - the group representing local authority inspectors which was paid by Kingspan to provide a certificate - became an important part of Kingspan’s marketing literature for K15.

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