School concrete crisis: Rishi Sunak accused of cutting spending on repairs as chancellor

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School concrete crisis: Rishi Sunak accused of cutting spending on repairs as chancellor
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The failure to fix dangerous concrete in school classrooms was today laid at Rishi Sunak' s door after he was accused of cutting spending on school repairs when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Prime Minister insisted that was 'completely and utterly wrong' - and claimed the majority of…

The failure to fix dangerous concrete in school classrooms was today laid at Rishi Sunak’ s door after he was accused of cutting spending on school repairs when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Prime Minister insisted that was “completely and utterly wrong” – and claimed the majority of schools were unaffected. But a sweary outburst from the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan revealed ministers’ frustration that they are being blamed for shut classrooms.

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