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Nah, whoever installed the kitchen has gone and broken the ring circuit by branching out which has impacted the integrity of the ring.
At this point, the kitchen needs a full rewire to get the 32A ring back... and as the sockets were built behind cabinets (!) and are inaccessible we can't go hunting for the branching to fix it. We need to downrate to 20A.
Velocio
Would it not be prudent to swap the dual socket with a junction box, seal it up to waterproof it and move the socket a couple of feet- provided you have the space . Would be a relatively simple job.
Our kitchen has a three double sockets that had to be fitted upside down as the electrician and builder didn’t allow for a return of the worktop against the wall so nothing with a factory fitted plug and a rigid flex out of it could plug in to them - and that was while we were having the kitchen done “properly “