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The funding could benefit hundreds of schools across the country

Huge investment into 'crumbling' schools - what it means for pupils

The Sands Centre, Carlisle was closed on Friday and Saturday after the high winds caused damage to the canopy, which had been fitted as part of the RAAC replacement on the Sands’ auditorium roof.

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Storm Eowyn batters temporary RAAC roof canopy on auditorium

Some older school buildings may pose a safety risk

Government to survey older schools for defects - what you need to know

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?

The Department for Education has released the full list of schools in England affected by the dangerous Raac.

Breaking Full list of crumbling schools

The NHS has been forced to splash the cash, with urgent repairs needed for hospital buildings

NHS spends over £11bn on hospital repairs

Children at St Leonard's Catholic School in Durham are still learning from home due to 'crumbly' RAAC concrete. Credit: Left: Getty Images / Centre: PA / Right: PA

'Forgotten' children still learning from home due to RAAC concrete

A general view of scaffolding at Balbardie Primary School on September 04, 2023 in Bathgate, Scotland, after its buildings were found to contain RAAC. Credit: Getty Images

Breaking 43 more schools found to have crumbly RAAC concrete

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has claimed that children "prefer" learning in temporary clasrooms after scores of schools across England were forced to fully or partially close due to the collapse-risk concrete material RAAC being identified on site. (Credit: Getty Images)

RAAC: Pupils 'prefer' learning in Portakabins, claims Gillian Keegan

Remedial work being carried out at Mayflower Primary School in Leicester, which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac). Picture date: Monday September 4, 2023. Credit: Jacob King/PA Wire

Number of schools affected by RAAC will ‘certainly’ grow, warns union

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). Picture date: Tuesday September 5, 2023. Credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Breaking Updated list of schools in England affected by RAAC

A taped off section inside Parks Primary School in Leicester which has been impacted by the sub-standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac). PIC: Jacob King/PA Wire

Breaking Number of schools in England where RAAC has been found rises to 174

A Union Jack flag flutters in front of the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Parliament's Raac discovery raises further refurbishment concerns

A photo issued by the Local Government Association showing damage to a school built with RAAC. Credit: LGA

Schools in Scotland containing RAAC identified

Heathrow airport said it was taking “remedial steps” to mitigate any safety risk due to RAAC.

Heathrow & Gatwick confirm presence of collapse-prone RAAC concrete

Schools in Essex are fundraising for help with the RAAC crisis. Credit: Getty/Mark Hall

School forced to use fundraiser for RAAC costs ‘not met by government’

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are set to face each other at PMQs. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

PMQs: out of touch Sunak's 'record school funding' is not the reality
As Keir Starmer said in PMQs, Rishi Sunak's mantra of “‘it’s all fine out there’ is at odds with the lived experience of millions of working people across this country”.
Ralph Blackburn

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak are set to face each other at PMQs. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Rishi Sunak to face PMQs over RAAC schools concrete crisis

Government under pressure

Exclusive Government accused of wrongly closing safe schools in RAAC crisis

Only four schools have been refurbished under the government’s rebuilding programme for institutions affected by RAAC, despite Rishi Sunak’s promise that 50 would be covered a year. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Only 4 schools refurbished under RAAC rebuilding programme, DfE admits

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan and Schools Minister Nick Gibb have come under fire for how they have handled the RAAC crisis. Credit: Getty/Mark Hall

Education Secretary defends Spanish holiday during RAAC schools crisis

BBC presenter Jeremy Vine (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Walls tumbling down’: Raising a laugh amid crumbling schools crisis

Gillian Keegan said: "Does anyone ever say you know what you've done a f*****g good job."

School buildings are about to collapse ... and not one f*****g thanks Ralph Blackburn

New internal documents from the NHS has shown that some hospitals are at risk of "catastrophic collapse" due to collapse-prone material RAAC used in construction. (Credit: Getty Images)

Not just schools, now NHS hospitals at risk of 'catastrophic' collapse

Remedial work being carried out at Mayflower Primary School in Leicester, which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Credit: Jacob King/PA Wire

Government could be liable over reliance on self-reporting of RAAC

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan. Credit: Getty

Breaking 'We're doing a f*****g good job': Keegan bullish over schools crisis

Rishi Sunak refused to fully fund a programme to rebuild England’s crumbling schools, a former senior official at the Department for Education has claimed. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

RAAC: Rishi Sunak 'refused to fully fund school rebuilding programme'

Jeremy Hunt has said that the government will "spend what it takes" to rectify the issue with RAAC in at-risk schools. (Credit: Getty Images)

Hunt: 'Government will spend what it takes to make schools safe'
It comes as more than 100 schools and colleges in England were told to either fully or partially close their buildings ahead of the return to term time
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More than 100 schools and colleges have been told to fully or partially shut

Keegan: no 'return to the dark days' of pandemic style home learning

Crossflats Primary School. Two primary schools in Bradford, West Yorks, have been partially closed on the eve of the new term after surveys found weak concrete in the buildings, pictured in Bradford, West Yorks, Aug 31 2023.

List of schools to shut over safety concerns

A taped off section inside Parks Primary School in Leicester which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) Jacob King/PA Wire

Labour plans vote to publish list of schools with collapse-risk concrete

Labour has urged the government to launch an urgent audit into the use of RAAC in the construction of all public sector buildings after more than 100 school building deemed at risk of collapse in England were forced to close. (Credit@ Jacob King/PA Wire)

Labour: 'All public sector building should be audited for RAAC risk'

Experts say a number of older ambulance and fire stations have been built with RAAC (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Exclusive Ambulance and fire stations some of the most in need of RAAC inspections

The Scottish Government is now assessing school buildings after more than 100 school buildings in England have been forced shut due to a concrete material prone to collapse. (Credit: PA Wire)

Scottish school buildings to be assessed for high risk RAAC

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

NHS vows to "eradicate" hospitals with RAAC concrete

A photo issued by the Local Government Association showing damage to a school built with RAAC. Credit: LGA

Government's own risk level in 2021 highlighted school collapse issue

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