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MPs call for 40-year deadline to remove asbestos from public buildings

Ministers should set a 40-year deadline for the removal of all remaining asbestos from public and commercial buildings, MPs have said. The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said while the “extreme exposures” of the late 20th century may be a thing ...

21 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

More than half of NHS buildings contain asbestos, research by Tories finds

More than half of buildings owned by the NHS in Scotland contain asbestos, according to research from the Conservatives. Freedom of information requests by the party to Scottish health boards found 52% of their buildings contain the toxic substance....

14 Oct 2022 at 01:01

£2.1m cash injection to help researchers detect asbestos cancer earlier

Researchers studying why it can take decades for exposure to asbestos to develop into a cancer diagnosis are receiving £2.1 million funding to help tackle the “long and painful legacy” of the substance. Mesothelioma, which currently has a very ...

15 Mar 2023 at 09:31

Hunt: We will ‘spend what it takes’ to make schools safe from crumbling concrete

Jeremy Hunt has said the Government will “spend what it takes” to make schools safe after classrooms were forced to close just before the new term amid concerns about crumbling concrete. The Chancellor moved to reassure parents that an ...

03 Sept 2023 at 18:05

Jewson owner fined £400,000 over asbestos failures

National builders’ merchant Jewson has been fined £400,000 over a failure to manage deadly asbestos at one of its branches. The firm, which has 600 outlets across the UK, was in court this week following what Middlesbrough Council ...

13 Sept 2023 at 15:43

Money for school repairs can come from existing budgets – Treasury sources

Money to repair school buildings at risk of collapse will come from the Department for Education’s (DfE) existing capital budget, it is understood. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised on Sunday to “spend what it takes” to make ...

03 Sept 2023 at 22:52

Scotland

Hundreds of NHS buildings in Scotland still contain deadly asbestos: Research

Patients cannot afford to wait any longer for asbestos to be removed from hospitals, it has been warned, as hundreds of health service buildings were found to still contain the potentially cancer-causing material. ...

23 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Government urged to act on asbestos exposure

Health and safety professionals are urging the Government to take more action to prevent thousands of people dying from asbestos exposure every year – 25 years on from the deadly material being banned in the UK. ...

27 Mar 2024 at 16:26

Scotland

Asbestos cancer victims remembered at memorial held in Scotland

An annual memorial for those who have lost their lives to mesothelioma – a rare asbestos-related cancer – will be held in Scotland. Scottish charity Action on Asbestos will be holding a service in the gardens ...

01 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Health

Mum diagnosed with cancer decades after school asbestos exposure sees condition return, but will not ‘let cancer win’

A woman who was diagnosed with terminal cancer which she believes was caused by exposure to asbestos when she was in secondary school, and who got the all-clear in 2019 before the cancer returned, said this ...

05 Jul 2023 at 07:00

Health

Father with cancer in lung lining after asbestos exposure in the 70s urges others in building trade to get checked

A father diagnosed with cancer in his lung lining after being exposed to asbestos in the 1970s has urged others in the building trade to get checked. Malcolm Ledgar, 64, based in Nottingham, worked as an ...

16 Jan 2025 at 06:30

Scotland

Government accused of ‘shameful neglect’ over asbestos in police stations

The Scottish Conservatives have accused the Government of “shameful neglect” after figures show that more than 170 Scottish police stations contain asbestos. The figures, obtained by the party through a ...

10 Aug 2025 at 22:00

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