As hundreds of schoolchildren are forced out of classrooms due to unsafe buildings, FT Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher joins chief political commentator Robert Shrinsley and columnist Stephen Bush The government’s handling of the crumbling concrete crisis. Also, with the largest local authority in the country declaring bankruptcy, the FT’s William Wallis is in Birmingham to assess the damage to the city’s services and Lucy, Stephen and Robert are considering Kyle Starmer’s reshuffle winners and losers.
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