That’s the story now; it was different in the morning.
The morning article included:
“He added: “The moment the education secretary has heard about any problem in a school, any risk to children, she has acted.
“And we have 22,000 schools in the country and there has been since that incident a huge programme going through this Raac/asbestos issue because we want to be absolutely sure that every child is safe.
“And we have then made sure as soon as we have information of any risk that something is done to mitigate that risk.”
Hunt, who later told the BBC that the government would “spend what it takes to sort out this problem as quickly as possible”, denied the problem could cause a repeat of lockdown-style teaching, where substantial numbers of children missed out on attending classes for long periods of time.”
A day is a long time in politics.
I believe they’re in “bat it away until it’s the next government’s problem” mode, sadly. Release just enough money to put kids in sheds when forced to, and hope nothing big collapses.
On an unrelated note, senior minister’s spouses are starting to eye up shares in Portakabin.