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Schools concrete crisis: What the government knew and when

Schools concrete crisis: What the government knew and when

Did the government fail to heed 'crumbly concrete' warnings?

The Story · The Times

September 7, 202328m 6sExplicit

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Show Notes

Yesterday the government published a list of over a hundred schools in England which are fully or partially shut because of safety fears over RAAC – a type of concrete that’s started to crumble. Has the government done 'a f***ing good job', as the education secretary put it? Or did it fail to heed the warnings?

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Guests:

  • Kate McCann, political editor, Times Radio.
  • Dr John Roberts FREng FIStructE, former president, Institution of Structural Engineers.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

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