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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Keir Starmer accuses Sunak of prioritising champagne over schools

As chancellor, Sunak cut tax on champagne at same time as ending funding for school building repairs

The Guardian - UK

More than 70 MPs call on Rishi Sunak to demand Jaggi's release at G20 in India

A CROSS-PARTY group of more than 70 MPs has written a letter to the Prime Minister demanding he raise the case of a Scot facing the death penalty in…

The National (Scotland)

List of schools with safety-risk concrete revealed as Sunak denies cutting repairs budget – as it happened

Keir Starmer likens the Tories to ‘cowboy builders’ as the PM insists the government acted decisively in response to the problem

The Guardian - UK

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Crumbling concrete schools would have been rebuilt under scrapped scheme

At least 13 schools now affected by the Raac row would have been included in the axed Building Schools for the Future programme.

The Independent UK

Schools concrete crisis: Starmer attacks Sunak’s Tory ‘cowboys’ as full list of closures revealed

Prime minister ‘makes no apology’ for Raac decisions as Labour asks if he is ‘ashamed’ over crisis caused by 13 years of ‘botched jobs’

The Independent UK

Headteachers angrily accuse Sunak of ‘dumping on them’ in crumbling concrete fiasco

They claim Michael Gove ‘gleefully’ scrapped plans to rebuild schools – and say Sunak’s plan to fix problem would take 440 years

The Independent UK

Wednesday briefing: Green light for windfarms as Tories ease their de facto ban

In today’s newsletter: How 2015 legislation under David Cameron made it almost impossible to build windfarms, despite their effectiveness – and surprising popularity

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The Tory mission has failed: British people don’t want a smaller state

Despite their campaign victories, the Conservatives have made surprisingly few converts to their biggest idea. Now they have nothing left to say, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak to face PMQs test over schools concrete crisis

Labour is demanding to know how much the Prime Minister knew about the school buildings trouble when he was chancellor.

The Independent UK

Labour demands to see advice Rishi Sunak given about schools concrete crisis

The Prime Minister has come under pressure over funding he allocated for school rebuilding programmes during his tenure as chancellor.

The Independent UK

What went wrong at Birmingham city council and what happens next?

UK’s largest local authority has said it is in dire financial straits, but Rishi Sunak has previously ruled out bailout

The Guardian - UK

Tories try to reset after Raac and ruin while Keegan is unrepentant

It was another train wreck from the education secretary – it’s almost as if she’s desperate to get sacked

The Guardian - UK

Home Office slammed for 'inhumane' room sharing at Perth asylum seeker hotels

SUELLA Braverman and the Home Office have been slammed for proposing to introduce enforced room sharing for asylum seekers at hotels in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

The Conservatives have seized on cars as a political wedge – it's a bet on public turning against climate action

“Talking about freedom, sat in Margaret Thatcher’s old Rover” read the UK prime minister’s tweet in July 2023. Earlier that day in an interview with The Telegraph newspaper, Rishi Sunak had declared that the Conservative Party he leads are “on the side of motorists”, and he spent the days after…

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More than half of dilapidated English schools were refused rebuilding money

Only four schools were rebuilt in 2021 in government scheme intended to cover 500 schools over 10-year period

Evening Standard

By-election challenge for Rishi Sunak next month in Nadine Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire seat

Voters will go to the polls in what has been a historically safe Conservative seat on October 19

The Guardian - UK

The hapless Gillian Keegan had one thing right: this is a nation ruled by arse-sitters

As the education secretary is finding out, to be a Tory minister is to spend the bulk of your time cleaning up your own party’s messes, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

By-election challenge for Rishi Sunak next month in Nadine Dorries’ seat

Voters will go to the polls in what has been a historically safe Conservative seat on October 19.

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Turn up in person, get used to rejection and eat more than cornflakes: my advice to university freshers

The odds are stacked against this generation of UK students, but here are a few things that might help, says Prof Devi Sridhar, the chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Independent UK

Just four schools rebuilt in last two years, government admits as concrete crisis deepens

Sunak accused of ‘sticking plaster approach’ by top watchdog, as rebuilding figures revealed

The Guardian - UK

Crumbling concrete: why the UK is so concerned about schools and public buildings

Fears over the safety of reinforced autoclave aerated concrete, or Raac, have closed schools in England and more buildings could follow

The Independent UK

Sunak rejected funding request to fix more crumbling schools, minister says

Schools minister Nick Gibb said funding to rebuild 200 schools a year was requested but the PM granted funding for 50 a year.

Evening Standard

Schools minister Nick Gibb insists concrete crisis will be resolved before Christmas

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak facing lengthening list of political headaches

The Guardian - UK

Cost of fixing UK school concrete crisis still not known, minister says

Schools minister Nick Gibb rejects claim government had ‘sticking plaster approach’ to maintenance

The Independent UK

Watch from Downing Street as Sunak reconvenes cabinet amid school concrete crisis

Watch from Downing Street as Rishi Sunak meets with his cabinet for the first time since summer recess on Tuesday morning (5 September), amid the school concrete crisis.

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