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Survivors launch Grenfell legal claims as council begins action against cladding firm
Cases filed at High Court last month
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Government announces new construction products regulator
Housing secretary says position set up in response to ‘dishonest practice by some manufacturers’ highlighted by Grenfell Inquiry
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CIOB launches new fire safety course as industry prepares for new regulator
Initiative starts next month
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Decision due by tomorrow on whether Grenfell Inquiry resumes next week
Hearing was shut early last month because of covid positive
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London mayor calls for £3bn developer tax to pay for fire safety work
Sadiq Khan says tariff could be paid over next 10 years
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Search begins for firm to look after Grenfell Tower under £32m deal
Work will last for at least the next year
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Kingspan hired lobbyists and ‘gamed’ tests in aftermath of Grenfell fire, inquiry told
Judith Hackitt, Clive Betts and Amber Rudd on ‘target list’ as firm sought to cast doubt on safety of rival non-combustible products
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Kingspan staff joked ‘all we do is lie’ about products’ fire safety, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Barrister accuses firm’s technical director of exploiting weakness in legislation to make sales
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Kingspan boss denies putting occupants of K15 towers at risk, Grenfell Inquiry hears
QC grills technical director on failure to withdraw safety certificate for 14 years
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Grenfell Inquiry: Another uncomfortable week for Kingspan
Further details emerge of insulation giant’s efforts to convince construction industry Kooltherm K15 was safe for high-rise use
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Fire expert warned NHBC of ‘accident waiting to happen’ three years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Arup engineer made comments in October 2014
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Non-compliance of combustible insulation ‘lost on’ Kingspan tech boss, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Hearing told of more concerns from worried cladding contractors over Kingspan’s K15 product
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Kingspan used test results from trial product to reassure worried contractors
The trial insulation product tested was not what was being sold on the market, inquiry hears
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Celotex product manager tells Grenfell inquiry it ‘didn’t occur’ to her that marketing was wrong
Debbie Berger had written ‘WTF’ on flawed test report for combustible insulation
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Kingspan threatened NHBC with legal action after flawed tests were exposed, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Kingspan employee responsible for testing was a ‘functioning drug addict’
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‘Common knowledge’ Grenfell insulation used old test report, former Kingspan manager says
Hearing told material used on tower became ‘raging inferno’ in first major fire test
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Hackitt reveals government is working on changes to ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Safety Bill
Chair of safety steering group says department wants ‘resolution’ for those trapped in unsafe flats
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Grenfell Inquiry: What we learned from ex-Celotex staff this week
Firm worked hard to get unsuitable flammable insulation approved for high-rise use, backed with ‘untrue and misleading’ certification