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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Crumbling England: from schools to hospitals, how bad is the current crisis?

Staff moving out of Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy in Leicester on Friday after the school was been ordered to shut.
Staff moving out of Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy in Leicester on Friday after the school was ordered to shut. Photograph: Joseph Walshe/SWNS

Parents and pupils across the country preparing for the new school term face uncertainty and disruption over the crumbling concrete in the country’s schools. It is a building scandal which has been unfolding for decades – and does not just affect school buildings.

Why announce the risk from crumbling concrete in the country’s schools just days before the start of the new term?

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