Chronic underinvestment in infrastructure is putting the country’s citizens at risk.
After 13 years in government, Britain’s Conservatives are struggling to offload blame when things go wrong. In the latest headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, more than 100 schools in England couldn’t reopen as usual this month because they’re in danger of collapse.closures underscore a broader infrastructure crisis the country has neglected for too long.
The affected schools contain what’s known as reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, or RAAC, which was widely used in postwar construction because it was cheap, light and
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