Jeremy Hunt under fire after Treasury says no new cash to fix Raac in schools
Jeremy Hunt under fire after Treasury says no new cash to fix Raac in schools
Chancellor had pledged to ‘spend what ever it takes’ on concrete crisis but repair costs will come from existing education budget
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.”
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