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let s start with the story that s dominated the uk political agenda for the last few days. rishi sunak says it s utterly wrong to blame him forfailing to tackle the issue of unsafe concrete in school buldings. as thousands of children return to classrooms today after the summer break, it s emerged that more than a hundred schools in england and scotland will be closed or partially shut. it s over safety concerns about what is known as raac a type of concrete, that s known to be at risk of crumbling. our political editor chris mason reports on a busy first day back for mps. you probably hadn t 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 education s most senior civil servant reckons he did. i was absolutely amazed to see that the decision made by the government was to halve ....
setting out their stall. our political editor, chris mason has been tracking them all day. applause placards and cheers and a baby is getting attention from politicians. keir starmer is quite a fan of visiting lower league football grounds and places he hopes labour can win. he was in gillingham in kent this morning, his deputy with him too. . ~ kent this morning, his deputy with him too. ., ~ ,, ~ ., kent this morning, his deputy with him too. ., ~ . ., , . him too. thank you. whatever service eole him too. thank you. whatever service eole t him too. thank you. whatever service peeple try and him too. thank you. whatever service people try and access him too. thank you. whatever service people try and access these him too. thank you. whatever service people try and access these days, - people try and access these days, they find it s like wading through treacle. . . , they find it s like wading through treacle. , ., they find it s like wading through treacle. ....
decline and chaos under the governing conservatives or rebuilding the country under his party. the liberal democrats and the snp have also been setting out their stall. our political editor chris mason has been tracking them all day. you applause. placards and cheers and a baby is getting attention from politicians. keir starmer is quite a fan of visiting lower league football grounds and places he hopes labour can win. he was in gillingham in kent this morning, his deputy with him too. thank you. whatever service people try and access these days, they find it s like wading through treacle. red cards aren t usually welcome for folk on a football pitch but expect to see plenty of these in the next month or so, spelling out labour s core message. we have had 14 years of going around and round in circles, getting absolutely nowhere. chaos and division, feeding chaos and division. if you want to change you have to vote for it, and if you vote labour it s a vote to stop the ....
i fully accept now that the post office, excuse me. former chief executive of the post office paula vennells breaks down in tears while giving evidence to the inquiry into the horizon it scandal, and admits she made mistakes tributes are paid to the former british olympic swimming champion david wilkie, who s died at the age of 70. a number of flood warnings are starting to rise after relentless rain, more to come for some today but something a bit brighter across the south. will that become more extensive as we head towards the bank holiday weekend? it s thursday 23rd may. our main story. the uk will go to the polls six weeks today after the prime minister announced there will be a general election on the 4th ofjuly. on the steps of downing streetjust over 12 hours ago rishi sunak vowed to fight for every vote while labour leader sir keir starmer said it was time for change . our political editor chris mason has this report on how the surprise events unfolded. the lecte ....
well, presumably to meet his new foreign secretary. no doubt we are expecting they will be preparations under way already in the foreign officejust behind us under way already in the foreign office just behind us for a under way already in the foreign officejust behind us for a new under way already in the foreign office just behind us for a new head of their team. office just behind us for a new head of theirteam. i office just behind us for a new head of their team- of their team. i was talking to kevin schofield of their team. i was talking to kevin schofield about - of their team. i was talking to kevin schofield about the - of their team. i was talking to i kevin schofield about the return of their team. i was talking to - kevin schofield about the return of david cameron. oh, ok, reuters is now reporting that david cameron has been appointed as foreign secretary. i m smiling because i would never have thought that when i woke up this morning, would you? it certainly ....