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The government has finally published a list of schools identified with collapse-prone concrete after days of mounting pressure.

The document, released by the Department for Education, showed the start of term had to be delayed at 19 schools as a result of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).

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Four schools have also had to return to remote learning – echoing learning during the pandemic – while the rest have become a mix of remote learning and face-to-face.

The list came just before the first PMQs since the summer recess, where Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the Commons the government had “acted decisively to ensure the safety of children and minimise disruption to education”.

But Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused the Conservatives of spending 13 years “cutting corners”, and compared ministers to “cowboy builders”.

The Liberal Democrats’ education spokesperson, Munira Wilson, also called for Mr Sunak to “come clean over his own role in this crisis”, and publish evidence given to him when he was chancellor on the risks to children’s safety from RAAC.

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The list of schools – published on the Government website – is below:

Myatt Garden Primary School, in Lewisham, southeast London
Seven Mills Primary School, in Tower Hamlets, east London
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls, in Ealing, west London
St Ignatius College, in Enfield, north London
Welbourne Primary School, in Haringey, north London
St John Vianney RC Primary School, in Haringey, north London
Hornsey School for Girls, in Haringey, north London
Brandhall Primary School, in Oldbury, West Midlands
St William of York Catholic Primary School, in Bolton, Greater Manchester
St Andrew’s CofE Primary School, Over Hulton, in Bolton, Greater Manchester
All Saints C of E Primary School, in Manchester
Abbey Lane Primary School, in Sheffield
Pippins School, in Slough
Stanway Fiveways Primary School, in Colchester, Essex
Baynards Primary School, in Colchester, Essex
Great Leighs Primary School, in Chelmsford, Essex
Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery School, in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Bentfield Primary School and Nursery, in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex
White Court School, in Great Notley, Braintree, Essex
Beehive Lane Community Primary School, in Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex
Eversley Primary School, in Pitsea, Essex
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham, in Fordham Heath, Essex
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge, in Colchester Essex
Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, in Colchester, Essex
Hatfield Peverel St Andrew’s Junior School, in Essex
Broomfield Primary School, in Essex
Mersea Island School, in Essex
Cranbourne, in Basingstoke, Hampshire
Markyate Village School and Nursery, in St Albans, Hertfordshire
Widford School, in Ware, Hertfordshire
Palmarsh Primary School, in Hythe, Kent
Birchington Church of England Primary School, in Kent
St James’ Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent
St Bartholomew’s Catholic Primary School, Swanley, in Kent
Bispham Endowed Church of England Primary School, in Blackpool, Lancashire
Our Lady’s Catholic High School, in Preston, Lancashire
Mayflower Primary School, in Leicester
Parks Primary School, in Leicester
Donnington Wood Infant School and Nursery Centre, in Telford, Shropshire
Thurston Community College, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Shawfield Primary School, in Ash, Surrey
St Paul’s Catholic Primary School, Thames Ditton, Surrey
Petroc, in Devon
Park View School
Springfield Primary School
Outwoods Primary School
Denbigh School
Sale Grammar School
The Appleton School
King Ethelbert School
Holcombe Grammar School
The Coopers’ Company and Coborn School
Wood Green Academy
The Honywood Community Science School
The Billericay School
Aston Manor Academy
Hadleigh High School
The Palmer Catholic Academy
The London Oratory School
Tendring Technology College
East Bergholt High School
Hounsdown School
Thurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
Waddesdon Church of England School
Wallingford School
Woodkirk Academy
Batley Girls High School
St Clere’s School
Sandbach School
Carmel College
Anglo European School
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
The Gilberd School
The Thomas Lord Audley School
St Helena School
East Tilbury Primary School
Clacton County High School
White Hall Academy and Nursery
Altrincham College
Cleeve Park School
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport
Danetree Primary School
The Bromfords School
Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)
The Ramsey Academy, Halstead
Redhill School
Ark Boulton Academy
Woodville Primary School
Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy
Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy
Water Lane Primary Academy
Katherine Semar Junior School
Katherine Semar Infant School
Mistley Norman Church of England Primary School
Hatfield Heath Primary School
St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School
Godinton Primary School
St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot
The FitzWimarc School
Winter Gardens Academy
Cherry Tree Academy
Prince Albert Junior and Infant School
Cockermouth School
Northampton International Academy
St Gregory’s Catholic Science College
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
Lubbins Park Primary Academy
Scalby School
Arthur Bugler Primary School
St Leonard’s Catholic School, Durham
Canon Slade School
Claydon High School
Harlowbury Primary School
Kingsdown School
Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery
Sir Thomas Boughey Academy
Harwich and Dovercourt High School
Ferryhill School
Wyburns Primary School
Jerounds Primary Academy
Roding Valley High School
Lambourne Primary School
Hillhouse CofE Primary School
Barnes Farm Junior School
St Elizabeth’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
Hockley Primary School
Chipping Ongar Primary School
Langney Primary Academy
St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School
St Mary and St John Junior and Infant School
St John Catholic Primary School
St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green
St Francis’ Catholic Primary School
Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School
Sunny Bank Primary School
St Benet’s Catholic Primary School, Ouston
St Bede’s Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
Wells Park School
St James’ Catholic Primary School, Hebburn
St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, Sunderland
St Columba’s Catholic Primary School, Wallsend
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, West Denton
The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
St Michael’s Catholic School
Elmstead Primary School

Ministers expect hundreds more schools could be affected as they await the results of building surveys.

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Ms Keegan came under fire on Tuesday for telling school leaders to “get off their backsides” and complete the forms.

It was the latest mishap after she was caught on camera bemoaning a lack of thanks for doing a “f***ing good job” while other people are “sat on their arses”.

Rishi Sunak is also facing criticism for rejecting a funding request to fix 200 schools while chancellor.

The prime minister defended himself by saying he committed to a major programme to fix around 50 schools a year over a 10 year period – but the Department for Education confirmed on Tuesday that just four have been rebuilt since 2021.

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The Conservative Party will leave a key human rights treaty if it wins the election, its leader Kemi Badenoch has said.

Ms Badenoch announced the policy to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) ahead of the Conservative Party’s conference next week.

Despite many Tory MPs having expressed displeasure with the treaty, and the court that upholds treaty rights in recent years, it had not been party policy for the UK to exit it.

The move follows a review on the impact of the UK’s ECHR membership conducted by shadow attorney general Baron Wolfson.

Lord Wolfson’s nearly 200-page report said the ECHR had impacted government policy in numerous areas.

The report said this includes limiting government’s ability to address immigration issues, potentially hampering restrictions on climate change policy, and impacting government ability to prioritise British citizens for social housing and public services.

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But leaving the ECHR would “not be a panacea to all the issues that have arisen in recent years”, Lord Wolfson said.

It comes after the Reform Party in August said they would take the UK out of the ECHR if elected.

The Conservatives have increasingly come under threat from Reform and are being trailed in the polls by them.

What is the ECHR?

The ECHR was established in the 1950s, drafted in the aftermath of the Second World War and the Holocaust, to protect people from serious human rights violations, with Sir Winston Churchill as a driving force.

It’s 18 sections guarantee rights such as the right to life, the prohibition of torture, the right to a fair trial, the right to private and family life and the right to freedom of expression.

It has been used to halt the deportation of migrants in 13 out of 29 UK cases since 1980.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch. Pic: PA
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Leaving the ECHR would breach the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the peace settlement deal between the British and Irish governments on how Northern Ireland should be governed.

Labour has in recent days said it was considering how Article 3, the prohibition on torture, and Article 8,
the right to respect for private and family life, are interpreted. The sections have been used to halt deportation attempts.

The Liberal Democrats and Greens are in favour of the ECHR.

A general election is not expected until 2029.

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Coinbase said seeking the license is part of its broader effort to bridge the gap between crypto and traditional finance.

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