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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nina Lloyd

Labour plans vote to publish list of schools with collapse-risk concrete

PA Wire

Labour plans to use a vote to force the government to finally publish a full list of schools affected by crumbling concrete after days of refusals by ministers.

The government has identified more than 100 schools forced to close – plunging the new school term into chaos – because their buildings contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) – a lightweight material used in schools, colleges and other public buildings in the 1950s until the mid-1990s.

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