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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Middleton

Now Houses of Parliament being tested for crumbling concrete as crisis grows

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Tests are being carried out on the Houses of Parliament for a form of crumbling concrete that has already caused chaos with the closure of more than 100 schools.

Surveyors are on the parliamentary estate looking for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), which is a lightweight building material used from the 1950s up to the mid-1990s, but is now assessed to be at risk of collapse.

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