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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Concrete crisis: Labour compares Gillian Keegan’s response to mayor in Jaws

Gillian Keegan smiles behind sunglasses as she passes photographers
Gillian Keegan has attacked schools for responding too slowly to her department’s Raac concrete inquiries. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Labour has launched a tongue-in-cheek attack on the government’s response to the school buildings crisis, comparing the response of the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, to that of the fictional mayor in Jaws.

Keegan on Tuesday defended her department’s handling of the problems surrounding crumbling concrete, publishing a Twitter picture with the phrases “Raac update” and “Most schools unaffected”.

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