The Latest Breaking News from RAAC

Exclusive: Building safety minister demanded ‘do nothing’ option be added to policy paper on collapse risks

Eight unions and school governors’ body write to PM saying Raac crisis highlights chronic underfunding

Halloumi fries have become a hard-and-fast fixture of the middling British menu, says Josh Barrie

It is understood physical inspections are expected to be completed in November.

Physical spaces make a difference to education. There are small but fairly reliable correlations between the quality of the buildings where students learn and student behaviour, attendance and academic achievement.

Watch as Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, takes questions in parliament on schools affected by crumbling concrete and the impact on children's learning.

Rishi Sunak’s government seen as less competent that Boris Johnson’s administration

Exclusive: Delay to work on five buildings in 2020 led to warnings of ‘catastrophic’ safety risk

Yes, many of the county’s postwar buildings used Raac; but the real problem is a Tory ideology that has negligence at its core, says author Tim Burrows

Officials also confirmed that the department has received 98% of responses to a questionnaire about potential Raac.

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…