'‘So much anxiety’: students at #Raac-affected #Durham #school tell of despair

Report sets out in detail the disruption to St Leonard’s, one of schools worst hit by ‘#CrumblingConcrete
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/18/st-leonards-catholic-school-durham-crumbling-concrete-raac-report
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Education #ToryIndifference

‘So much anxiety’: students at Raac-affected Durham school tell of despair

Report sets out in detail the disruption at St Leonard’s, one of schools worst hit by ‘crumbling concrete’

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@ChrisMayLA6 People around #KingsLynn and #Wisbech will be worried that the #CrumblingConcrete #QEHospital rebuild will stall again now that the Wisbech MP is not health minister. #Sunak has delayed it before.

'#Tories put #children at risk by pursuing their #FreeSchools obsession – and I have the figures to prove it

Scrutiny of spending shows how money was diverted into building free #schools rather than the upkeep of existing ones'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/12/tories-children-government-spending-money-building-free-schools
#ToryPoliciesInAction #IdeologyBeforeSafety #education #Infrastructure #CrumblingConcrete #RAAC #NastyParty #England

Tories put children at risk by pursuing their free schools obsession – and I have the figures to prove it

Scrutiny of government spending shows how money was diverted into building free schools rather than the upkeep of existing ones, says writer and author Warwick Mansell

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Several UK theatres close due to concerns over crumbling concrete

Cultural institutions join dozens of schools forced to shut down over use of Raac

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Several UK theatres close due to concerns over crumbling concrete

Cultural institutions join dozens of schools forced to shut down over use of Raac

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'Not just #RAAC: the newly built English #schools also closing over safety fears

While #CrumblingConcrete dominated headlines, the modern, #ModularConstruction methods used to make three new schools also failed'
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/06/not-just-raac-newly-built-english-schools-closing-safety-fears
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryFailure #Education #England

Not just Raac: the newly built English schools also closing over safety fears

While crumbling concrete dominated headlines, the modern, modular construction methods used to make three new schools also failed

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Raac crisis: who knew what and when about crumbling concrete in England

Building material assessed to be at risk of collapse was used in thousands of UK public structures from 1950s to 1990s

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Ella Baron on crumbling concrete in English schools – cartoon

Belated action on the use of Raac is typical of Tory neglect of the public sector, say critics of the government

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Ella Baron on crumbling concrete in English schools – cartoon

Belated action on the use of Raac is typical of Tory neglect of the public sector, say critics of the government

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"You may recall that in the run-up to the 2010 election that would usher in 13 years of Conservative rule, one of David Cameron’s strongest attack lines against the then Labour prime minister, Gordon Brown, was that he 'didn’t fix the roof when the sun was shining'. It now emerges that the Conservatives didn’t fix the roof when they knew it was crumbling."

#raac #schools #CrumblingConcrete #MarinaHyde

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/01/rishi-sunak-school-buildings-closed-knives-grant-shapps?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I have urgent safety concerns for Rishi Sunak’s government. Could we not shut it down for a bit?

School buildings closed at the 11th hour, banned knives banned again and a new job for Shapps? Clearly it’s time for an intervention, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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