This week the DfE reopened its ‘Asbestos Management Assurance Process’, an exercise which asks school employers to declare whether they are compliant with their legal duty to manage asbestos in their schools...
There have been more than 50 asbestos exposure incidents in academies, according to new figures obtained by education unions which are of a “shocking disparity” in the way multi-academy trusts (MATs) manage the risk...
Clydeside Action on Asbestos is warning of the need to protect future generations from exposure to the deadly fibres ahead of their annual memorial service...
Fife Council urged to urgently carry out review of workplace health and safety policies after 7 staff members were exposed to killer asbestos ...
Nine rooms at one of Stoke's biggest primary schools have been closed off due to an asbestos scare. Sutherland Primary Academy, in Blurton, is now bidding for emergency Government cash to remove the asbestos after it emerged the repair work could cost up to £2 million. The problems...
Campaigners and politicians have called for drastic action amid revelations that some eight out of ten schools in Sheffield contain asbestos. Figures obtained by the Sheffield Star revealed 86 per cent of primaries and 35 per cent of the city’s secondary schools contain the potentially deadly dust. The problem is so...