Schools concrete crisis: What the government knew and when

<p>Yesterday the government published a list of over a hundred schools in England which are fully or partially shut because of safety fears over RAAC – a type of concrete that’s started to crumble. Has the government done 'a f***ing good job', as the education secretary put it? Or did it fail to heed the warnings?</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.</em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>Guests:</strong></p><p>- Kate McCann, political editor, Times Radio.</p><p>- Dr John Roberts FREng FIStructE, former president, Institution of Structural Engineers.</p><p><strong>Host: </strong>Manveen Rana.</p><p><strong>Clips:</strong> ITV News, Sky News, BBC News, Channel 4 News, Parliament Live.</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>