New delay to reopening Harrow Crown Court after RAAC crumbling concrete closure Harrow Crown Court is now expected to reopen in April 2026 Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025
Ninety per cent of schools hit by crumbling concrete scandal have not had RAAC removed Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson is facing calls to urgently speed up the removal of RAAC from school buildings The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2025
Hundreds of English schools still at risk from crumbling concrete Exclusive: Previously unpublished official data shows Raac found at 235 DfE sites The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024
Former council leader quits SNP following suspension A FORMER council leader has quit the SNP saying his old colleagues “are making an awful lot of mistakes” after he was suspended for rebelling… The National (Scotland) · Oct 31, 2024
RAAC, Covid, cost of living: What will affect A-level grades on results day 2024? The education secretary has said inequality is ‘baked-in’ to England’s school system The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024
London crown court to stay shut for extra year after widespread RAAC found One of London’s crown courts will be shuttered for an extra year thanks to dangerous concrete found in the roof, it has emerged, in a blow to efforts to tackle the criminal case backlog. Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2024
‘So much anxiety’: students at Raac-affected Durham school tell of despair Report sets out in detail the disruption at St Leonard’s, one of schools worst hit by ‘crumbling concrete’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
Schools facing years of chaos over crumbling Raac concrete, report There are 231 schools and colleges with Raac, which the Health and Safety Executive has said is ‘life expired’ and could collapse ‘with little or no warning’, according to the latest government figures The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2023
Schools in England face years of chaos as government stalls on Raac concrete repairs Latest figures show more than 230 schools affected by crumbling concrete, but many have yet to be told when rebuilding will begin The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023
West London secondary confirmed as having Raac as school building crisis deepens Barnet college and Ealing high school newly named as having at-risk concrete Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2023
At least 700,0000 pupils being taught in schools in England that need major refurbishment, report states The Public Accounts Committee said it was ‘alarming’ that 700,000 pupils in England were learning in schools in need of upgrades Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2023
RAAC: Courts affected by unsafe concrete revealed for the first time Seven courts were originally identified as containing potentially dangerous concrete Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2023
Number of schools and colleges found with crumbling concrete rises by 25 per cent Government accused of ‘sneaking out’ latest figures, as unions say teachers and pupils still waiting for help The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023
40 more schools and colleges found to have collapse-risk concrete Overall, 214 education settings in England have been confirmed as having Raac as of October 16 Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023 Efforts to avoid ‘Grenfell-scale tragedy’ not taken seriously, says ex-mandarin Exclusive: Building safety minister demanded ‘do nothing’ option be added to policy paper on collapse risks
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2023 Unions ask Sunak for extra £4.4bn a year to fix crumbling schools in England Eight unions and school governors’ body write to PM saying Raac crisis highlights chronic underfunding
Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2023 Josh Barrie’s dishes that can do one: Halloumi fries Halloumi fries have become a hard-and-fast fixture of the middling British menu, says Josh Barrie
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2023 Less than half of Scottish NHS buildings believed to have Raac inspected It is understood physical inspections are expected to be completed in November.
The Conversation · Sep 20, 2023 Don't blame postwar school building programmes for concrete crisis – the fault lies with decades of neglect and ineffective policy 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.
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023 Watch as Gillian Keegan takes questions in parliament on crumbling concrete in schools Watch as Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, takes questions in parliament on schools affected by crumbling concrete and the impact on children's learning.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023 Almost 90% of voters - including 65% of Tories - say Britain needs fresh team of leaders, poll suggests – as it happened Rishi Sunak’s government seen as less competent that Boris Johnson’s administration
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023 Rishi Sunak blocked rebuild of hospitals riddled with crumbling concrete Exclusive: Delay to work on five buildings in 2020 led to warnings of ‘catastrophic’ safety risk
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023 From collective ambition to crumbling concrete: Essex is a totem of Britain’s decline 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
The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023 More than 600 schools surveyed so far for crumbling concrete, say officials Officials also confirmed that the department has received 98% of responses to a questionnaire about potential Raac.
The Conversation · Sep 11, 2023 Concrete crisis: officials thought asbestos in schools was safe too – the same mistakes have been made over 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…