Minister Nick Gibb told the BBC that some schools are yet to be contacted, and wouldn’t commit to a release date for a full list of affected schools.
He then told GB News that more schools may be forced to shut as the Department for Education (DfE) gathers more evidence about the presence of aerated concrete.
They won’t publish the list because it would make them look inept as more and more schools are added drip by drip. Then the media will push the focus onto hospitals and other public buildings.
This is going to be a mess
My children went to our local school which is a red brick Victorian structure. Some years ago the local council decided that there was insufficient money for a new school so they refurbished the old one with new central heating, toilets, flooring etc. This solid edifice will probably last another hundred years. How sad that modern day needs are cheap, cheerful & throwaway including buildings which are now a danger. Consecutive government parties have “cheesepared” in every department over the years & it’s now coming back to haunt them. We, as the people, are partly to blame. We have become a nation of …….”we want it, and we want it new & NOW”.
Sounds like our schools are in the same state as our government.
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Minister Nick Gibb told the BBC that some schools are yet to be contacted, and wouldn’t commit to a release date for a full list of affected schools.
He then told GB News that more schools may be forced to shut as the Department for Education (DfE) gathers more evidence about the presence of aerated concrete.
They won’t publish the list because it would make them look inept as more and more schools are added drip by drip. Then the media will push the focus onto hospitals and other public buildings.
This is going to be a mess
My children went to our local school which is a red brick Victorian structure. Some years ago the local council decided that there was insufficient money for a new school so they refurbished the old one with new central heating, toilets, flooring etc. This solid edifice will probably last another hundred years. How sad that modern day needs are cheap, cheerful & throwaway including buildings which are now a danger. Consecutive government parties have “cheesepared” in every department over the years & it’s now coming back to haunt them. We, as the people, are partly to blame. We have become a nation of …….”we want it, and we want it new & NOW”.
Sounds like our schools are in the same state as our government.