UK government accused of 'cutting corners' as 147 schools named at risk due to crumbling concrete
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Pupils from Corpus Christi Catholic School, Brixton arrive at St Martin's in the Field Girls' School in London, as they are relocated after their school was affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), Tuesday Sept. 5, 2023. Money to repair school buildings at risk of collapse will come from the Department for Education's (DfE) existing capital budget, it is understood. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)A taped off section inside Parks Primary School which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), in Leicester, England, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. The British government has ordered more than 100 schools to keep some or all of their buildings closed when the new academic year begins next week because of concern crumbling concrete threatens the safety of children and staff. The announcement, which came late on Thursday sent school administrators scrambling to find ways to accommodate pupils, with some expected to return to the online instruction used during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jacob King/PA via AP)A taped off section inside Parks Primary School which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), in Leicester, England, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. The British government has ordered more than 100 schools to keep some or all of their buildings closed when the new academic year begins next week because of concern crumbling concrete threatens the safety of children and staff. The announcement, which came late on Thursday sent school administrators scrambling to find ways to accommodate pupils, with some expected to return to the online instruction used during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jacob King/PA via AP)A taped off section inside Parks Primary School which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), in Leicester, England, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. The British government has ordered more than 100 schools to keep some or all of their buildings closed when the new academic year begins next week because of concern crumbling concrete threatens the safety of children and staff. The announcement, which came late on Thursday sent school administrators scrambling to find ways to accommodate pupils, with some expected to return to the online instruction used during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
