Chancellor Rachel Reeves must also tackle the maintenance backlog in the Government's next spending review, and agree long-term funding to repair crumbling buildings, the NAO added. The £49 ...

PIC: Jacob King/PA Wire Airedale Hospital is one of many public buildings impacted by crumbling concrete with 83 per cent of its estate containing Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).

Army veteran Ronald Gent has lived in the 'impossible to heat' flat for 11 years despite several complaints to the council.