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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Price of fixing school concrete crisis in England ‘approaching £150m’

Exclusive: analysis suggests bill could rise much further, with major rebuilding programme possible instead of temporary fixes

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Schools concrete crisis is risk to pupils’ mental health, headteacher warns

Leader of a secondary school in Essex warns upheaval could have similar negative impact to that caused by Covid lockdowns

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Cost of fixing UK school concrete crisis still not known, minister says

Schools minister Nick Gibb rejects claim government had ‘sticking plaster approach’ to maintenance

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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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Rishi Sunak Told To Give Schools New Money To Deal With Concrete Crisis 'Mess'

The concrete crisis that is threatening the closure of hundreds of schools nationwide is engulfing the government on Westminster's first day back f...

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Sunak refused to fully fund repairs of England’s crumbling schools, says ex-official

PM shown evidence of ‘critical risk to life’ when chancellor, says former top civil servant at Department for Education

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Jeremy Hunt under fire after Treasury says no new cash to fix Raac in schools

Chancellor had pledged to ‘spend what ever it takes’ on concrete crisis but repair costs will come from existing education budget

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How asbestos could slow efforts to fix crumbling concrete in English schools

Work to tackle Raac could expose asbestos that remains in buildings despite being banned in the 1990s

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Jeremy Hunt vows to ‘spend what it takes’ to tackle school concrete crisis

Chancellor says asbestos in some of same buildings could complicate efforts to fix Raac problem in England

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