it s been known for a while. what we ve also known for a while is that there s been a real squeeze on school funding. my committee, again, has highlighted that repeatedly. and when you don t invest in maintenance and improvements in schools, you get these problems arising. but with raac, it s a systemic failure of the actual material used to build them. court buildings and hospitals too among those impacted. and internal nhs documents obtained by the sunday times suggest hospitals could be at risk of catastrophic collapse. the concerns about this have been swirling around for so long. truss had been trying to cope with the safety risks associated with raac for a long time. and, really, to remedy the situation, action can t come too soon. the department for education said it was vital that schools are given time to inform parents and consider their next steps, and that it was grateful to school and college leaders for their work to make sure that disruption is kept to a minimu
50s to the 70s but now often in a state of serious disrepair. it s a problem that has been known about for years. problem that has been known about foryears. five problem that has been known about for years. five years ago, a primary school building in kent collapsed, leading to wider concerns. good morning, sir. so the questions many parents are now asking of governments to mimic why act only now, just days before the start of the new school year in england? we the new schoolyear in england? we went the new school year in england? - went through this exhaustive survey of 22,000 schools after the initial incident in 2018. then, in the summer months, new information came to light that suggested that some of the buildings that had previously been classified as safe might not be. and so the education secretary acted immediately on that. the chancellor acted immediately on that. the chancellor said acted immediately on that. the chancellor said the government would spend what
on the scale of the problem and for fast solutions. it s been known for a while. what we ve also known for a while is that there s been a real squeeze on school funding. my committee, again, has highlighted that repeatedly. and when you don t invest in maintenance and improvements in schools, you get these problems arising. but with raac, it s a systemic failure of the actual material used to build them. court buildings and hospitals too among those impacted. and internal nhs documents obtained by the sunday times suggest hospitals could be at risk of catastrophic collapse. the concerns about this have been swirling around for so long. trusts had been trying to cope with the safety risks associated with raac for a long time. and, really, to remedy the situation, action can t come too soon. the department for education said it was vital that schools are given time to inform parents and consider their next steps, and that it was grateful to school and college leaders for their
a claim israel rejects. here s what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. the european union s foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. here s what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. according to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that s the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100% the totality of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance. blinken s comments follow us presidentjoe biden s first call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in over a month on monday. mr biden told mr netanyahu that a major ground operation in the city of rafah would be a mistake. mr netanyahu defended the possibility saying opposing the operation was akin to opposing total defeat of