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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aubrey Allegretti Senior political correspondent

Gillian Keegan attacks ‘sensationalist’ coverage of school concrete crisis

The education secretary, Gillian Keegan, in Downing Street earlier this week.
The education secretary, Gillian Keegan, in Downing Street earlier this week. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

The education secretary, Gillian Keegan, has branded those raising questions about her handling of the crumbling concrete crisis in schools “sensationalists”.

At a behind-closed-doors drinks reception co-hosted by the “Conservatives in communications” network on Wednesday night, Keegan continued to brush off criticism about the government changing its advice to schools days before the autumn term began.

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