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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks and Michael Howie

School closures latest: Gillian Keegan admits there ‘could be hundreds’ of schools with unsafe concrete

“Hundreds” of schools in England could contain concrete at risk of collapsing, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said on Monday as she revealed around 1,500 are yet to return building surveys.

A total of 104 schools and colleges with RAAC (reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete) have been told by the Government to fully or partially shut buildings after a beam previously considered safe collapsed over the summer.

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