It was reported that he blocked plans to rebuild five hospitals riddled with collapse-prone reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in 2020.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has rejected claims that as chancellor he denied funding to rebuild public buildings hit by crumbling concrete.
But Mr Sunak said that such a suggestion was “not right” and ministers took the issue of Raac “very seriously”. “We made that decision earlier this year and on top of that other hospitals are being mitigated in line with the technical guidance and, as I said, backed by almost £700 million which was announced years ago.”
“What Rishi Sunak as chancellor put in place was a £700 million fund for replacement – that was put in place from 2021,” Mr Barclay told Sky News. “And that’s why a £700 million fund was put in place, two schemes for full replacement of those hospitals were agreed, but further work was then commissioned and a study from MacDonald was then commissioned to assess the other five hospitals.
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