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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carmen Aguilar García, Pamela Duncan, Ben Quinn and Severin Carrell

Three-quarters of schools hit by concrete crisis are in Tory areas

Work takes places to fix issues related to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete at Crossflatts Primary School in Bingley, West Yorkshire.
Work takes places to fix issues related to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete at Crossflatts Primary School in Bingley, West Yorkshire. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Three-quarters of the schools in England listed by the government as being affected by the schools concrete crisis are in Conservative-held areas, it has emerged.

As education secretary, Gillian Keegan, and Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, continued to come under fire over their handling of the problem, the fallout for members of the government was also underlined by the fact that 36 of the schools are in the seats of government frontbenchers, including 13 cabinet members.

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