September 3rd 2023.
This morning, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt arrived at BBC Broadcasting House in London and was interrogated about the 'crumbling concrete crisis' affecting schools in England. There had been promises made to the Chancellor that the issue would be dealt with 'extremely quick', but when asked about a possible timeframe, he was reluctant to answer or be drawn on the cost.
When questioned by Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One, Jeremy Hunt said that the money must be spent. It is understood that the Department for Education was made aware of the issue with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in 2018, but the public is only just being made aware of it now, after a concrete beam collapsed last week.
This resulted in more than one hundred schools and colleges being ordered to close their buildings, due to safety risks, just two days before the children were due to return to school. Hunt did state, however, that the majority of schools that had RAAC identified are still able to operate.
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