Crumbling schools, hospitals and prisons will cost nearly £50billion to put right, a damning report has found. Years of neglect mean taxpayers face rocketing bills for crucial repairs, the National Audit Office(NAO) warns. It found there have been 5,400 cases where poor quality buildings have impacted patients since 2019. The watchdog said Chancellor Rachel Reeves must tackle the maintenance backlog in the Government's next spending review, and agree long-term funding to repair crumbling