That’s the story now; it was different in the morning.

The morning article included:

“He added: “The moment the education secretary has heard about any problem in a school, any risk to children, she has acted.

“And we have 22,000 schools in the country and there has been since that incident a huge programme going through this Raac/asbestos issue because we want to be absolutely sure that every child is safe.

“And we have then made sure as soon as we have information of any risk that something is done to mitigate that risk.”

Hunt, who later told the BBC that the government would “spend what it takes to sort out this problem as quickly as possible”, denied the problem could cause a repeat of lockdown-style teaching, where substantial numbers of children missed out on attending classes for long periods of time.”

A day is a long time in politics.

  • athos77
    link
    fedilink
    91 year ago

    So they have rotting concrete, and fixing the rotting concrete is complicated by the presence of asbestos in some places. I wonder if it’s occurred to them that lead paint is almost certainly present in some areas as well …