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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Sunak hit by claim of concrete proof he ignored ‘critical risk’ to schools amid Tory meltdown

No 10 criticises education secretary Gillian Keegan over extraordinary outburst – as Tory MPs urge Sunak to deliver new funding package for school repairs

The Independent UK

Gillian Keegan: the education secretary in hot water over a hot mic incident

With the cameras still rolling, the Cabinet minister criticised others for having ‘sat on their arse’ while she tackled the crumbling concrete crisis.

The Independent UK

Did Rishi Sunak cut funding for new schools and how many have been built?

The Prime Minister has been accused of cutting plans to build new schools amid concerns about deteriorating concrete.

The Independent UK

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Summer's over for UK politicians as Sunak faces a crisis over crumbling schools

British lawmakers headed back to Parliament on Monday after their summer break

The Independent UK

‘Hundreds, not thousands’ of English schools at risk from concrete, says No 10

Rishi Sunak is facing questions about lack of funding for rebuild schemes when he was chancellor

The Guardian - UK

Gillian Keegan’s ‘sat on their arses’ outburst piles pressure on Sunak over collapsing schools crisis

Gillian Keegan caught on hot mic voicing frustrations

The Independent UK

Sunak warned against ‘fudge’ on any onshore wind ban reversal

The Prime Minister is reportedly set to overturn the current de facto ban in the face of party pressure.

The Independent UK

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OPINION - The Standard View: Firm solution needed for concrete problem

It is back to school day across the country — or it ought to be. Instead, pupils at 104 schools and colleges, eight of them in London, face serious disruption after full and partial closures of the buildings they use over fears about a catastrophic collapse of the concrete used…

Evening Standard

'Hell of a quote': Education Secretary in explicit rant following ITV interview

THE Education Secretary has been recorded making an explicit rant following an ITV interview about concrete risks in schools.

The National (Scotland)

Media Watch: Sunak will sleep a little easier with his top team in place

Sunak’s new team are all able, but more importantly at this stage in the electoral cycle they are personally reassuring for the Prime Minister

Evening Standard

Hundreds more schools could be hit by crumbling concrete row, Sunak acknowledges

Rishi Sunak said 95% of England’s 22,000 schools were unaffected, leaving open the possibility that hundreds could be impacted.

The Independent UK

Chris Pincher: Former whip loses appeal against eight-week Commons suspension

Rishi Sunak now facing another two awkward by-elections later this year

Evening Standard

OPINION - School closures: Tory penny-pinching tactics are coming back to bite

The Prime Minister’s penny-pinching tactics are now coming back to bite, writes Liberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak faces another by-election after Chris Pincher suspension upheld

Former deputy chief whip punished with eight-week ban after he groped two men

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Evening Standard

Shambles? What shambles? Government on backfoot over school concrete chaos

Hundreds more school sites facing problems just as pupils go back

The Independent UK

‘Utterly wrong’ to blame decisions as chancellor on crumbling schools – PM

The Prime Minister dismissed claims about his record as chancellor made by a former senior official at the Department for Education.

Newslaundry

‘Humayun’s Tomb a spiritual landmark for Hindus’: Sunday Times piece on UK politics

It seems to be the season for G20, foreign dignitaries and Western media faux pas.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner appointed shadow levelling up secretary as Keir Starmer reshuffles Labour top team

Angela Rayner will now oversee a major departmental brief opposite Michael Gove

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Akshata Murty has a Kate Middleton moment in a £2,000 coat at Balmoral

The PM’s wife took inspiration from the Princess of Wales as she visited King Charles in Balmoral this weekend

The Independent UK

Sunak blamed by former official over school rebuilding cuts

The decision to fully or partially close 104 English schools over safety fears has led to a focus on Rishi Sunak’s funding decisions while chancellor.

Al Jazeera

UK’s controversial Northern Ireland ‘legacy’ Bill: All you need to know

The bill, which aims to reconcile the Troubles era legacy issues, would offer a conditional amnesty to accused killers.

The Guardian - UK

Gillian Keegan says nothing more important than pupil and staff safety after apology for outburst over concrete crisis – as it happened

Education secretary gives statement to Commons on Raac after being caught on camera swearing about lack of credit for her work

The Independent UK

Sunak hits back at whistleblower’s claim he ignored warning children were in danger from crumbling concrete

Whistleblower says the prime minister axed plans to rebuild schools as chancellor- AFTER being told pupils were ‘at critical risk’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak refused to fully fund repairs of England’s crumbling schools, says ex-official

Former top civil servant at Department for Education PM says there was evidence of ‘critical risk to life’ when PM was chancellor

The Independent UK

Party pressure forces Rishi Sunak ‘to overturn onshore wind farm ban’

Government’s Energy Bill will be voted on as ministers return from their summer recess

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