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Schools concrete crisis: What the government knew and when
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?
This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.
Guests:
- Kate McCann, political editor, Times Radio.
- Dr John Roberts FREng FIStructE, former president, Institution of Structural Engineers.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Clips: ITV News, Sky News, BBC News, Channel 4 News, Parliament Live.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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?
This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.
Guests:
- Kate McCann, political editor, Times Radio.
- Dr John Roberts FREng FIStructE, former president, Institution of Structural Engineers.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Clips: ITV News, Sky News, BBC News, Channel 4 News, Parliament Live.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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