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Snub for sprinklers in schools putting pupils’ lives at risk, insurer warns
Fire safety campaigners have described government plans to extend sprinklers to care homes but not schools as “illogical”.
In a letter to the government, insurer Zurich Municipal warned of an “inequality” in fire safety standards after ministers announced proposals for compulsory sprinklers in care homes in England, despite rejecting them in schools.
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