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Concrete crisis: officials thought asbestos in schools was safe too – the same mistakes have been made over Raac

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par Adam Page, Lecturer in Modern British History, University of Lincoln

The decision to close some schools and erect emergency structural supports in others just days before the start of a new term appeared to come about suddenly. The announcement followed three recent failures of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), in particular the collapse of a beam in late August at a primary school in Leicester.

The schools minister, Nick Gibbs, said: “Raac that had been considered to be…

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