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This came after the Prime Minister rejected suggestions that he oversaw budget cuts that meant that crumbling concrete in schools in england was not replaced. It comes after claims from a former senior Civil Servant that rishi sunak halved the money available for the safety work while he was chancellor in 2021. This afternoon the Education Secretary apologised after her frustration boiled over during questioning about the way the government was handling the situation. It all comes as thouands of School Children mainly in england start the new term not sure whether their schools will be fully o...

Is a pretty crucial question at the heart of this which is was the government taking concerns about this concrete seriously enough . And what we found out this morning which i think will be really tricky for the government is that ministers were told some years ago that more money was needed to deal with some of these building defects. Considerable increases in can in funding was needed, in fact the opposite happened and funding was reduced and rishi sunak was the chancellor at the time so undoubtedly Prime Minister will be asked whether he took these very seriously enough, whether one of the ...

For poor performances in training. Good afternoon. The new School Year Begins in england this week with more than 100 schools completely or partially closed because of fears about crumbling concrete, known as raac. A former top Civil Servant has accused the Prime Minister rishi sunak of cutting the money for School Repairs when he was chancellor mr sunak says its Utterly Wrong to blame him. In scotland, 35 schools are affected and checks are under way in wales and northern ireland. Ellie price reports. School is back. Sort of. But not for those affected by the wrong kind of concrete. For many,...

On days when it wasnt raining, which is illegal. The practice is known as dry spilling and is banned because it can cause environmental harm. Lets go live to our environment Correspondentjonah Fisher whos at Langstone Harbour in hampshire. Thanks. Last year, ourWater Companies in england released raw sewage into our seas and rivers for 1. 75 million hours. Sewage was discharged on average 825 times every day. Breaking that down still further, that means there was a new sewage discharge, roughly speaking, every two minutes. Rural west sussex, and one of southern englands celebrated chalk stream...

The Labour Run Council is still struggling to pay off a huge equal pay claim that dates back more than a decade ago. It has also had major issues with a new it system. Our Midlands Correspondent navteonhal is there. The pressure on the citys finances has been rising and rising. Europes biggest Local Authority is now in biggest Local Authority is now in big trouble. Its problems began more than a decade ago, when a Landmark Case was brought against the council, which led to it having to pay out more than £1 billion so far in equal pay claims to mostly female staff. But with the authoritys reve...