Concrete evidence of fiscal irresponsibility, or: 'Oops - the one where Gillian Keegan exposed the lie of austerity and 13 years of Tory Party policy'

It’s perhaps easy to say - as we return from recess - that the safety of buildings constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete is one of the great political scandals of our time. 

It’s probably fairer to say that it’s one of the great political scandals that has been brewing for some time - and that’s the crux of the problem. None of this is new, the warnings and the subsequent problems that have evolved out of ignoring the warnings, have existed for many, many years.

There are costs to Tory cuts.