Dinner with MPs not a bid to ‘access political power’, Kingspan boss tells Grenfell probe

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A manager at major insulation maker Kingspan has denied a private dinner with several UK MPs was a bid to “access political power” and improve the firm’s “commercial position in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire”.

Senior staff at Kingspan dined with MPs in the House of Commons in January 2018 after a “political engagement plan” was drawn up by PR firm Portland on behalf of the Ireland-based insulation giant, the inquiry into the disaster heard on Wednesday.