All news on the topic: RAAC concrete crisis

In a testy exchange at Prime Minister's Questions, Labour leader Keir Starmer fumed that crucial work on schools recommended way back in 2010 had yet to be carried out

Fears over crumbling concrete forced the Government to order more than 100 schools to shut or close off parts of their buildings last week - only days before the start of term

Thousands of pupils started the new school year in confusion this week while the wait continues for a full list of schools affected by the the concrete crisis as a bitter blame game erupted

The Sands Centre in Carlise declared it had RAAC in its auditorium roof back in 2019, but new government rules after it was discovered in more than 100 schools across the UK has seen the theatre shut its doors

This catastrophe is about much more than locked schools and other public buildings because it goes to the heart of how the Tory Government is wrecking our country

A report by the Department for Education shows how hundreds of millions of pounds allocated for renovations went unspent, despite dodgy concrete potentially crumbling in school roofs

Deal with Centerprise was paid for from the same pot of cash earmarked to rebuild classrooms at risk of collapse because they contain ­potentially deadly concrete

Polly Hudson on the latest fiasco with the Tories, the unforgiveable oversight, despite many warnings, of not dealing with the now very present danger of our crumbling schools

The Education Secretary said 5% of schools and councils have failed to reply to the Government's questions, as officials scramble to identify buildings at risk from RAAC

Problems with 'unsafe' RAAC concrete have been known about for decades, prompting warnings that the once-popular building material is now liable to collapse in schools across the country

Staff at St Anne's Catholic Primary School in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear were spotted sat on a footpath with their laptops while desperately trying to connect to Wi-Fi away from the school's property

The Education Secretary shared a graphic stating 'most' schools are unaffected by the crumbling concrete crisis. But Labour responded: 'Most beachgoers not eaten by big shark'

A bitter blame game has erupted in recent days, as ministers scramble to pass the buck over failures to remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from school buildings

Thousands of children were unable to return to lessons after the summer holidays over concerns reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete could disintegrate and collapse

Labour said the image of youngsters in classrooms held up with steel poles will define the Conservatives' reign, as the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete crisis deepens

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan complained that she is not getting enough praise even as more than 100 schools have been forced to fully or partially shut because of dodgy concrete