Rishi Sunak will face Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions for the first time in weeks later today. It comes as the prime minister is under mounting pressure to declare what he knew about the crumbling concrete crisis in schools back in 2021.
As we reported in our 6.46am post, pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to declare what he knew about the dangers of RAAC when he was chancellor.
Labour will demand the publication of evidence from the Department of Education to Number 10 and the Treasury ahead of the 2020 and 2021 Spending Reviews, and both 2022 Budgets. "Today, we are giving Conservative MPs a choice: to vote with Labour and give parents the right to know about who is responsible for this mess or to vote to conceal the true scale of this crisis and the prime minister's failure to keep our children safe."MPs returned to Westminster after their summer break, but the same can't be said for thousands of children expected in classrooms for the Autumn term – due to the crumbling concrete crisis.
The group, which was led by Yevgeny Prigozhin until he was killed in a plane crash last month, has played a prominent role in the Russian war in Ukraine.You can read more fromChallenging PMQs ahead for Rishi Sunak - as pressure mounts on him to declare what he knew about unsafe concrete Mr Sunak has become embroiled in a row after one of his ministers suggested he approved the rebuilding of 50 schools a year when he was chancellor, rejecting an application for 200.
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