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 Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023
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. The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023
Kemi Badenoch most popular minister among Tory supporters, survey finds Rishi Sunak among least popular with party’s grassroots – slipping back into negative territory The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023
Tuesday briefing: With no end in sight, Ukraine reckons with trauma, triumph – and the path ahead In today’s newsletter: After 18 months of brutal fighting, the country has stunned the world with its warcraft, even as our foreign correspondent details the mood among citizens, reports of corruption and prospects for peace talks The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023
Collapsing schools are the latest sign of a crumbling country – and a lesson in Tory cost-cutting What other shoddy quick fixes are we yet to discover, asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2023
Pressure on Gillian Keegan mounts over crumbling concrete in schools A sweary outburst from the Education Secretary was caught on camera and she admitted holidaying in Spain as the crisis unfolded. The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023
Sunak and Keegan under growing pressure over crumbling concrete in schools The Education Secretary claimed others had ‘sat on their arse and done nothing’ and admitted holidaying in Spain as the crisis unfolded. The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023
RishGPT offers jumble of nonsense on school buildings crisis The PM was taking no responsibility for anything – and nor was his overconfident education secretary The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023
Gavin Williamson apologises to MPs for bullying former chief whip - OLD The Tory former Cabinet minister was told to apologise to Wendy Morton by Parliament’s watchdog. The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023
Pressure mounts on Sunak and Keegan over school concrete crisis PM accused of cutting back repair efforts when he was chancellor, as education secretary apologises for claim colleagues failed to act The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023
The Guardian view on the UK falling apart: Labour must reject the orthodoxy that caused it to crumble Editorial: Keir Starmer is close to embracing a consensus that has failed. Better for Labour to be open-minded about today’s problems The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023
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 · Sep 4, 2023
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 · Sep 4, 2023
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 · Sep 4, 2023
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023 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 Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023 ‘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 Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023 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 · Sep 4, 2023 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.
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2023 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…
The National (Scotland) · Sep 4, 2023 '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.
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2023 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
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023 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.
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2023 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 · Sep 4, 2023 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
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023 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