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So they have rotting concrete, and fixing the rotting concrete is complicated by the presence of asbestos in some places. I wonder if it's occurred to them that lead paint is almost certainly present in some areas as well ...
Not just yet. Give it a week or so.
Well at least Hunt is showing the same level of numeracy as his recent predecessors.
Christ alive.
I believe they're in "bat it away until it's the next government's problem" mode, sadly. Release just enough money to put kids in sheds when forced to, and hope nothing big collapses.
On an unrelated note, senior minister's spouses are starting to eye up shares in Portakabin.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Jeremy Hunt has been accused of abandoning children disrupted by the concrete crisis in schools after the government admitted there will be no extra cash for the education budget to cover repair costs and closures.
The deepening row over the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) in schools, which is threatening to dominate parliament this week, comes after the chancellor said the government would “spend what it takes” to deal with the crisis.
Hunt told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that he would not speculate on the potential cost of fixing the problem, but said: “We will spend what it takes to make sure children can go to school safely, yes.”
Last year the Office of Government Property issued a notice that stated: “Visually, Raac planks may look the same as precast concrete, and may be hidden above false ceilings.”
Phil Purnell, professor of materials and structures at the University of Leeds, said Raac “planks” were reinforced with steel bars and dipped in a coating such as bitumen to prevent water getting in.
As parliament returns, Labour plans to put forward a humble address – an arcane parliamentary mechanism sometimes used to demand papers from government departments – to force the publication of a list of affected schools.
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Jeremy Hunt is a ... well, he's a Hunt.