(): British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday strongly defended his record in government, dubbing allegations that he cut education funding as “completely and utterly wrong” amid an ongoing crisis over a light-weight concrete that is causing school closures in England and Wales.
Thousands of pupils face disruption at the start of a new term this week after over 100 schools face full or partial closure because of concerns about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), which is prone to collapse. A former senior civil servant in the Department for Education (DfE) alleged that it was under Sunak’s term as Chancellor that the UK Treasury failed to properly fund school rebuilding schemes.
“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 10-year school rebuilding programme for 500 schools,” said Sunak.