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Labour urges education sec: Own up to crumbling schools

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Labour urges education sec: Own up to crumbling schools

Labour urges education sec: Own up to crumbling schools

Labour's Bridget Phillipson has encouraged the education secretary Gillian Keegan to take responsibility for crumbling school buildings.

The shadow education secretary told the Commons: "What an utter shambles.

The defining image of 13 years of Conservative government: children cowering under steel props to stop the ceiling falling in on their heads.” Report by Covellm.

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