Pretty quickly afterwards. Well come to that in a moment. First to the actual problem. A type of concrete in schools that can crumble. It means some parts of School Buildings can be unsafe. The Prime Minister had to defend his decisions, as he was accused of not investing enough in school repairs. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. You probably hadnt heard of it until the other day, but this stuff concrete that can get crumbly is building into a political mess. Did rishi sunak, when he was chancellor, walk away from repairs happening sooner . The man who used to be the Department For Educations most senior Civil Servant reckons he did. I was absolutely amazed to see that the decision made by the government was to halve the School Rebuilding programme down from 100 a year to 50 a year. The chancellor, of course, was at the time . Rishi sunak. So, what does the Prime Minister make of that . I think that is completely and utterly wrong. Actually, one of the first things i did as chan
The man who used to be the Department For Educations most senior Civil Servant reckons he did. I was absolutely amazed to see that the decision made by the government was to halve the School Rebuilding programme down from 100 a year to 50 a year. The chancellor, of course, was at the time . Rishi sunak. So, what does the Prime Minister make of that . I think that is completely and utterly wrong. Actually, one of the first things i did as chancellor in my first Spending Review in 2020 was to announce a new ten year School Rebuilding programme for 500 schools. Now, that equates to about 50 schools a year that will be refurbished or rebuilt. And if you look at what weve been doing over the previous decade, thats completely in line with what weve always done. This Secondary School in County Durham was meant to open for the new term tomorrow, but it cant because of dangerous concrete. In both 2020 and 2021, the government promised 50 schools a year would be rebuilt. In 2019, the National Au
Interesting issues though, doesnt it, about the relationship in the family. You could end up in poverty as an elderly person. If you fall out with your kids and youve given them all your cash, were going to be debating that at the top of the show. Weve got sam fowles and Charlotte Griffiths here. First, though, the very latest News Headlines with sam francis. Francis. Very good morning to you from the newsroom. Its just after the newsroom. Its just after 9 30 and a recap of the headunes 9 30 and a recap of the headlines this hour. Rishi sunak has claimed todays fall in the rate of inflation down to 2. 3, is a major moment for the uk economy. Its down from the march figure of 3. 2, driven by lower gas and electricity bills. The slowdown, though, is not quite as big as experts had predicted, prompting uncertainty about when the bank of england will cut Interest Rates. The Prime Minister, though, says everything is heading in the right direction and inflation is back to normal. Now that i
Our thoughts are with them and their families , and id like and their families, and id like to pay tribute to figen murray, who joins us in the gallery for her courage and her bravery of her courage and her bravery of her campaigning in her son martins memory. And i look forward to meeting her later today , too. Mr speaker, can today, too. Mr speaker, can i also add my personal welcome back to parliament to my friend and colleague, the honourable member for south thanet. No one who watched his interview last night could have failed to have beenin night could have failed to have been in awe of his incredible resilience. Mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this house. I shall have further such meetings later today, jenkinson thank you, mr speaken i speaken i too welcome the honourable member for south thanet back to his to the house and wish him well in his duties. Can i also associate my remarks with the Prime Minis
Killers sentence was ruled not unduly lenient. Pharmacy closures ten pharmacies are closing every week in england in the first months of this year. Sophie reaper has more. With 177 having closed their doors already this year, are our pharmacies in crisis . Ill have all the latest from this pharmacy in Greater Manchester and the kings official portrait. The First Official portraits of king charles since his coronation has been unveiled at Buckingham Palace. We want to know what you think of it, gbnews. Com yoursay. Gbnews. Com yoursay. Its proving a little controversial. That picture. Picture. I dont know why. I dont know why. I dont know why. I i dont know why. I confess i have seen it in real life. I saw it a couple of weeks ago. It blows your mind when you see it in person. In person. Its. I suppose its controversial because its different, but because its different, but because its different doesnt make it controversial. Its very powerful and the image of the kings face is extraordin