The Education Secretary claimed others had ‘sat on their arse and done nothing’ and admitted holidaying in Spain as the crisis unfolded.
While still on camera in the seconds after an interview with ITV News, Ms Keegan had said: “Does anyone ever say, you know what, you’ve done a f****** good job because everyone else has sat on their arse and done nothing?In a follow-up interview, Ms Keegan apologised for her “choice language” and said it was an “off-the-cuff remark”.
Mr Sunak was satisfied with her apology and continued to support her as Education Secretary, his spokesman said. “I came back straight away – well actually I had to wait a day because of the air traffic control issue,” she added to Sky’s Politics Hub. Mr Slater said up to 400 schools a year need to be replaced, but the DfE got funding for 100 while he was the senior official, which was “frustrating”.
Mr Sunak acknowledged the timing of the announcement was “frustrating” and said that “95% of those schools won’t be impacted by this”.Downing Street said the total number was expected to be in the hundreds rather than the thousands.
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