Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer Clash in Live PMQs as Complete List of Schools Impacted by Raac Concrete is Released



Key events14m⁢ agoSunak rejects claim⁤ he cut budgets‌ for school repairs, saying he raised it‍ by 20%24m agoRishi‍ Sunak faces Keir Starmer at PMQs30m agoDepartment for Education‍ publishes ​list of schools in England⁢ affected by Raac37m agoShapps rejects claim scrapping Building Schools for Future programme led to Raac crisis45m agoStarmer ⁣says Birmingham council’s bankruptcy symptom of how Tories​ have⁢ left ‘complete mess everywhere’1h agoGrant Shapps‌ insists he ‌will be ​’fighting the corner’ on MoD spending as defence secretary2h agoChris Bryant⁤ appointed shadow digital minister as Labour’s frontbench reshuffle continues2h agoDfE itself ⁢to blame in ‍some cases for missing Raac survey results, ⁤says union leader2h agoTeaching ⁢union leaders say Raac crisis shows why Tories should not have cancelled school repair programme in 20103h ‍agoKeir‌ Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of putting champagne tax cut ​ahead of school safetyFilters BETAKey ‍events (10)Keir Starmer (10)Rishi Sunak (7)Gillian Keegan (4)30s ago07.23 EDT

Andrew Bridgen, the former Tory MP who now represents Reclaim, asks why Sunak is not talking about the excess deaths caused‌ by Covid vaccines.

He faces loud barracking, apparently from Tories.

Sunak says there is an inquiry into Covid.

2m ago07.22 EDT

Greg Smith (Con) asks when Sunak will implement the⁢ pledge he made when standing for the Tory leadership to stop farming land being ⁤used for solar panels.

Sunak says the planning rules now say ⁤there is a firm preference ⁤for these ​to go on​ brownfield sites.

3m ago07.21 EDT

Stephen ⁢Flynn,​ the SNP leader ​at Westminster, says the economy is stagnant. When will Sunak get of fhis backside ⁢and do something about it?

Sunak says the SNP used to criticse the government’s record on growth. But, now the figures have been revised, it should acknowledge that⁤ the UK has made the fastest ⁣recovery in the G7 since Covid.

Flynn says Gillian Keegan was referring to Sunak earlier this week when she said people were doing‌ nothing.

Sunak says​ Flynn ​is out of practice. He has forgotten the government⁢ help for⁤ people with energy‌ bills.

5m ago07.18 EDT

Starmer says Sunak cut school budgets because he felt‍ other people’s families would be affected. Sunak is‍ not willing to protect other people’s children, he⁢ says.

Sunak says Starmer has not listened to⁣ anything he has said about ‌his spending plans. And⁣ of course Starmer has been able to name the schools affected because that‍ information has ⁢been published.

He says Starmer is trying to score political points. But ⁤he has no tmentioned other things‍ that have happened⁢ over the summer – energy bills down, inflation down, small ‍boat ⁤crossings down, and growth up.

8m ago07.16 EDT

Starmer⁤ says Labour MPs tabled many questions about Raac. ⁢Gillian ⁣Keegan approved a project to spend £34m refurbishing her own office. Why is that⁢ better use ⁤of taxpayers’ money than stopping schools collapsing?

Sunak says the government acted decisively in response⁤ to new information. That was the ⁤right thing…

2023-09-06 ⁢06:09:36
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