Schools, hospitals and a theatre in Greater Manchester have been identified as having dangerous crumbling concrete. Councils and social housing providers across the region are checking their estates for signs of the problem.
The biggest disruption caused by the crisis is in schools. In Greater Manchester, seven have been named on a government list.
That run-down was released following mounting pressure on ministers to reveal the scale of the problem in educational settings.
Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has hit the headlines after primaries and secondaries across the country were found to have the potentially dangerous material.
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