all schools at risk with more of all schools at risk with more than 100 told to fully or partially close just days before the new term begins. experts are warning the problem is being complicated by the coexistence of asbestos in schools and other pubuc of asbestos in schools and other public buildings. the shadow education secretary bridget phillipson, says the government should have acted sooner. >> i appreciate that lots of parents across the country will be concerned because , as you be concerned because, as you know, sadly many children are not going to be able to return to education or will be moved into portacabins or alternative accommodation because of the risk that this kind crumbling risk that this kind of crumbling concrete to pose. it concrete is going to pose. it all feels very last minute and what we're calling on the government to do is to publish a full list of all of the schools affected so that parents can be confident about where the problems and if they're not problems are. and if they're not prepared to that, we will prepared to do that, we will force vote in parliament this force a vote in parliament this week to it happen. week to make it happen. >> number of people crossing >> the number of people crossing the boats has the channel in small boats has hit daily record for this hit a new daily record for this year 872 migrants in 15 dinghies were yesterday.

were intercepted yesterday. at least small boats least another two small boats have uk waters today. have made it to uk waters today. gb news can reveal the total number of people entering the country illegally has now passed 21,000 so far this year. country illegally has now passed 21,000 so far this year . the 21,000 so far this year. the chancellor has renewed his pledge to half inflation, saying it's pledge to half inflation, saying wsfime pledge to half inflation, saying it's time to see the job through . speaking ahead of the next bank of england announcement on the 21st of this month , jeremy the 21st of this month, jeremy hunt insisted the government is on track to reach the target this year . on track to reach the target this year. labour is accusing him of being completely out of touch with the realities faced by families across the country. it comes as the latest figures show the uk economy recovered from the pandemic faster than expected . tesco staff are to be expected. tesco staff are to be offered body cams after a significant rise in violent attacks . the chief executive, attacks. the chief executive, ken murphy, says he's been forced to increase security measures after seeing physical assaults rise by a third since last year. writing in the mail on sunday, he's called for tougher laws to make abuse or violence towards retail workers an offence resulting in longer

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for. camilla >> good morning and welcome to the camilla tominey show. i'm back. the camilla tominey show. i'm back . that's what the autocue back. that's what the autocue says.i back. that's what the autocue says. i have to announce it with jazz hands, although i am delighted to be back because i do love this show. and i did miss over the last two weeks. miss it over the last two weeks. so thank to tom harwood for so thank you to tom harwood for holding the fort so admirably as even holding the fort so admirably as ever. so i'm hoping that we do have on line treasury have on the line treasury minister davies, minister gareth davies, who i think joining me remotely. think is joining me remotely. gareth, are there? can you gareth, are you there? can you hear me . hello, mr davies. thank hear me. hello, mr davies. thank you very much for joining me this morning. thank you for bringing your interview a little bit forward so we could chat to you the economic picture. you about the economic picture. look, be delighted by look, you must be delighted by these giving a much these ons figures giving a much more positive view of the british economy. course, british economy. but of course, the inevitable is going the inevitable question is going to asked why you cut to be asked why don't you cut taxes then ?

taxes then? >> well, great to be with you and thanks for having me on. i think you're right. this is really positive news that the ons have uplifted the figures for gdp, showing that the uk grew faster out of the pandemic than any country in europe. obviously, this is a revision and we welcome that , but we're and we welcome that, but we're focussed on the future and that's why we're bearing down on inflation and we're investing in our economy and ensuring that we can stimulate more business investment. we are very clear that the number one priority, as i say , is bearing down on i say, is bearing down on inflation because that's the biggest tax that we can cut . it biggest tax that we can cut. it affects every single person in this country, every business. everybody's struggling with it. we've got to tackle that first. and of course, we want to bring down taxes eventually, but it doesn't you know, before doesn't come, you know, before our sound money. >> but isn't it a major problem for a tory government that the taxpayer doesn't think they're getting good value for money with? being burdened with? they're being burdened with? they're being burdened with highest since the

with the highest taxes since the second war and at same second world war and at the same time, we've polling carried time, we've got polling carried out by lord ashcroft, who's obviously the obviously got links to the conservative party the mail conservative party in the mail on and when asked whether on sunday and when asked whether they services have they think public services have declined last decade . so declined in the last decade. so that's completely under tory rule, 75% say yes, that's a indictment of conservatism, isn't it ? over the past decade ? isn't it? over the past decade? >> well, i think the figures show that public services have performed well. i think we all remember the service that the nhs provided us through the pandemic. it was second to none education standards have increased significantly since 2010. and on taxes, we've brought about 3 million people out of tax altogether. by increasing the thresholds, we still have the lowest corporation tax in the g7 , and corporation tax in the g7, and we've got one of the most generous tax allowances corporate tax allowances in the oecd. so it's on us actually, camilla, to go on shows like this and communicate what we've done, the success that we've achieved. but let's communicate

honestly. >> please, minister, because at the same we've got 7.5 the same time, we've got 7.5 people nhs waiting lists. people on nhs waiting lists. we've got a national audit office report which has found that 700,000 school pupils may be learning in a building that is crumbling. be learning in a building that is crumbling . so it's not going is crumbling. so it's not going particularly well. what are you going to do about these crumbling schools? why won't you produce a comprehensive list so that parents can know whether their children are studying in a safe environment and that the roof isn't going to cave in on them ? them? >> well, protecting children and staff in schools is obviously a paramount priority, and that's why the education secretary has acted so swiftly on new evidence that has emerged during the summer. and as recent as last week . we have been very week. we have been very proactive , fully engaged on this proactive, fully engaged on this for the past few years. every one of the 22,500 schools has been surveyed and sent questionnaires to determine where rac exists . that has where rac exists. that has determined that 156 schools out

of the 2000, 2500 have confirmed rac 52 of those action has already been taken and mitigation has, as has already been actioned, 104. we've now decided that we advise the bodies responsible for those institutions to vacate while mitigations can take place. so obviously this is incredibly serious. it's very concerning. but most people in this country will not be affected by this. parents will be told by their schools first and foremost whether they're impacted . if whether they're impacted. if parents watching this have not heard from their schools by the opening of schools, they should proceed to the school as normal. that's been our priority. the education secretary will be making a statement, though , making a statement, though, later this week in the house of commons. >> and yet we hear from an investigation by schools week that the government knew that this was a problem back in 2018. so why have you been so late to act ? why are we now in a act? why are we now in a situation where parents are not able to send their children into

school this week because their classrooms aren't safe ? classrooms aren't safe? >> well, like i said, the vast majority of schools will not be impacted even where they have confirmed cases of rac. it is unlike me that schools will have to close , although inevitably to close, although inevitably some will. this could be as small as a one room, by the way. it could be a boiler room in an outbuilding. we're taking it on a case by case building. so it's not case that all face to not the case that all face to face lessons will be cancelled. that's not the case. and we're providing financial support to ensure are in ensure that mitigations are in place. terms of when we knew place. in terms of when we knew what is . obviously material what this is. obviously material that was installed in the 1960s and 80s and from the 1990s, successive governments have known about the risk and have managed those risks in that time . experts have evolved their advice and in 2018 we issued guidance to schools to say that they should have contingency measures in place for short nofice measures in place for short notice vacation if they have

wreck in 2022. we surveyed 22,500 schools to determine where that rac was and we've acted on that immediately. this is in contrast by the way, to most countries around the world, but including labour run wales, who have failed to do this. they failed to survey their schools to determine where rac exists. and so they're going to have to catch up very quickly with what we've been doing in england. and that's important point that's a really important point to make . to make. >> well, having said that, mr davies, why are then, if you're so well prepared and you're ahead of this curve, are you announcing this two days before school start, what do school start, what on earth do you expect to do with you expect parents to do with regard to childcare and equally, wouldn't quite worried wouldn't you be quite worried with of opaqueness with the kind of opaqueness around this list, this mystical list that the government seems unlikely to ever publish? if you've got children at a state school? and there's now also talk, by the way, about an asbestos problem. we've got another story the mail on another story in the mail on sunday about a hospital in cambridgeshire, which having cambridgeshire, which is having to ceiling . you'd be to prop up the ceiling. you'd be

worried infants into worried sending infants into that environment, wouldn't you ? that environment, wouldn't you? >> well, of course, as a parent, you want to know that your children are safe. and as i say, the vast majority of schools will not be impacted by this. those that are impacted , it will those that are impacted, it will likely not lead to the school being closed. there will be mitigation plans in place to maintain face to face lessons in terms of why. now, obviously , terms of why. now, obviously, you know, a few days before the opening of term, that is not something we would have chosen. this is based on very new advice as as late as last week where previously determined non—critical in the in the words of a surveyor , non—critical rac of a surveyor, non—critical rac existence has failed. and on that basis we changed the advice to those bodies that are responsible local authorities and academy trusts who are responsible for building maintenance. our advice change and out of an abundance of caution because children are involved to say, you know what,

let's vacate any case where rac exists so that we can get the surveyors in, determine how safe they are , have a case by case they are, have a case by case risk assessment, and most will not be impacted at all in this country. but it is absolutely right that we do this as inconvenient as it is. and by the way, if this happened during term time, we would make exactly the same decision. so it is incredibly inconvenient, but hopefully parents can understand that while most are not impacted, those that are it is inconvenient. but we're putting safety first. let's go back to economic matters, obviously, because that's your your brief . because that's your your brief. >> we've heard from >> now, we've heard from chancellor jeremy >> now, we've heard from chancellorjeremy hunt saying chancellor jeremy hunt saying that basically ruled out that he's basically ruled out cutting taxes before the end of the year. so we're not to expect anything the autumn anything in the autumn statement. then have michael statement. we then have michael gove, colleague, talking gove, your colleague, talking about the government should about how the government should shift burden from income to shift the burden from income to wealth . is he freelancing? is he wealth. is he freelancing? is he on something? there on to something? there >> well, michael is one of our most respected and experienced

cabinet ministers but i would just point out that we have a very progressive tax system in this country. i think the top 5% of earners pay about 50% of the tax revenue . so and this is in tax revenue. so and this is in line with most 67 countries in terms of broader taxation, obviously , we want taxes to come obviously, we want taxes to come down. but as i said, we stick to our principles that you've got to put sound money first. when debtis to put sound money first. when debt is rising significantly on the back of a pandemic and energy crisis, we've got to pay that down. there's no point borrowing to cut taxes when we're paying significant amount in interest. obviously, as conservatives, we want to get taxes down. i would point taxes down. i would just point out even taxes have out that even when taxes have increased such as the corporation rise , it's still corporation tax rise, it's still the lowest in the g7 . and we've the lowest in the 67. and we've put in place mitigations such as tax allowances, so that the effective tax rate that businesses pay is still very competitive on the international stage. >> yet at the same time that polling by ashcroft, when the pubucis polling by ashcroft, when the public is asked who they

associate with low taxes, they don't say the tories anymore. they labour , well, we accept they say labour, well, we accept that taxes are higher than we want them to be. >> we want taxes to come down. but let's be, you know, clear about things. they're only going to go one way under labour. they have made a significant amount multi—buy billions pounds of multi—buy billions of pounds of commitments of spending. where are to get that from? are they going to get that from? they're going to have to raise taxes if they end to downing street at the next. >> so you're comfortable having lost your low tax? tory status . lost your low tax? tory status. >> i would argue that we are still low tax and internationally competitive, but we are always looking at ways of bringing it down. but we are the party of responsible, sustained finances first. well you can trust us with your taxpayer money not to be paying too much debt interest at the expense of something else. >> well, you say about being internationally competitive. funnily enough, was travelling through airport yesterday through rome airport yesterday and i was able to cash in on the

fact that, of course, now we're out of the eu, i can buy duty free shopping at the airport and i may or may not have purchased something for myself my way something for myself on my way back gb news studio. now, back to the gb news studio. now, of course, if you're shopping in london, you can't benefit from duty shopping, which is a duty free shopping, which is a disaster for businesses in london, it ? well we keep london, isn't it? well we keep all taxes under review , as you all taxes under review, as you would expect. >> but in that particular case, the evidence that we've seen is that it has actually a minimal impact on sales in london. you just have to walk around london this summer to see how many tourists that we have. it is thriving. so we keep all taxes under review. >> all right, gareth davies, thank you very much for joining me. please stay tuned because up next, we'll have bridget phillipson, shadow education phillipson, the shadow education secretary. very . secretary. see you very. soon >> that warm feeling inside from

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>> welcome back to the camilla tominey show and i'll be joined by danny kruger, the tory mp who's leading a new conservative movement in the party in just a moment. but first of all, let's cross now to shadow education secretary bridget phillipson , secretary bridget phillipson, who give us labour's view who will give us labour's view on ms on this concrete crisis. ms phillipson i hope you can hear me. lovely to speak to you. it's the first time you've come on the first time you've come on the show, so i'm delighted to have mean, what's your have you. i mean, what's your reaction what's reaction to what's been happening schools happening in schools the last minute these closures minute nature of these closures 7 minute nature of these closures ? know you have your own ? i know that you have your own school aged children like me and that state schools. that they attend state schools. are you worried about them going into this week? into the classroom this week? >> i'm pleased that children >> no, i'm pleased that children are returning to school, including my own children. it's really important that they get back their learning, but back to their learning, but i appreciate that lots of parents across country will across the country will be concerned because sadly, many children to be children are not going to be able to return to education or will be moved into portacabins or alternative accommodation because that this because of the risk that this kind of crumbling concrete is going all feels very going to pose. it all feels very last minute . and what we're

last minute. and what we're calling government to do calling on the government to do is to publish a full list of all of the schools affected so that parents be confident about parents can be confident about where are. and if where the problems are. and if they're prepared do that, they're not prepared to do that, we force a vote in we will force a vote in parliament this week to make it happen. >> and are worried that the >> and are you worried that the government rather government has been rather trying up how many trying to cover up how many schools are affected? we see reports the newspapers this reports in the newspapers this morning there's also morning that there's also hospitals there's hospitals affected and there's now cos now new fears over asbestos, cos there's perhaps there's the suggestion perhaps that this concrete been used that this concrete has been used in buildings that that this concrete has been used in again buildings that that this concrete has been used in again put buildings that that this concrete has been used in again put buildirsafety|t that this concrete has been used in again put buildirsafety at may again put public safety at risk . i am concerned that we risk. i am concerned that we don't yet know the full extent of all of this. >> there are reports that engineers are being sent into schools to do further assessments around the condition. so i think it is important that we get to the bottom of all of this. but you know, comes back to two know, this comes back to two sticking really. of sticking plasters really. of course, know, it's right course, you know, it's right that government in place that the government put in place mitigations keep children mitigations to keep children safe. of first safe. but one of the first actions an incoming actions of an incoming conservative government in 2010 was school was to cancel labour's school rebuilding programme we rebuilding programme and here we are on, and the are 13 years on, and the chickens have come home to roost

i >> -- >> buti >> but i mean, at the same time, you might say that to be fair, this has been historic this has been a historic problem. remember i first problem. i remember when i first started in journalism started out in journalism covering these sorts of stories, they blair's they also happened under blair's leadership perhaps leadership historically, perhaps successive governments simply have not done enough to reinforce this. the school estate . well the last labour estate. well the last labour government had a major school rebuilding programme, and it was the conservatives who cancelled that plan we had that have that plan we had that would have meant single meant that every single secondary england secondary school in england would rebuilt or would have been rebuilt or significantly been refurbished by 2020. >> so if that had happened, we wouldn't be having this same conversation about some of conversation now about some of those schools are those secondary schools that are sadly be reopen or sadly not going to be reopen or reopening fully as planned this week. alongside that, you week. but alongside that, you know, many of the schools in question an have a have a length of time that the schools were intended to be built for. they they've long since passed that natural life. and i think it is frankly negligent that the government again government have time and again cut for school cut the funding for school rebuilding. that rebuilding. but alongside that have just failed consistently to

be upfront about the scale of the challenge we face. been the challenge we face. i've been raising ministers raising this with ministers for months months months, months and months and months, and known for a very and they've known for a very long about need for long time about the need for action. i think this last action. so i think this last minute scramble really should have been avoided. not fair have been avoided. it's not fair for and it's certainly for parents and it's certainly not school who not fair for school leaders who are get everything are trying to get everything back running the start back up and running at the start of the new term, although according the ifs, one according to the ifs, one particular proposal, particular labour proposal, should power come the should you take power come the next general election? >> this proposal scrap the >> this proposal to scrap the tax breaks afforded to private schools could end up costing the taxpayer money. the ifs has concluded that it may push 40,000 private school pupils into state schools. you've already raised issues about classrooms being overcrowded, so i'd be interested to know how you'd solve that problem. but also that the policy could cost the taxpayer £300 million. are you rethinking this policy? it sounds to some, like the politics of envy. ms phillipson no , it's about making sure that no, it's about making sure that we're investing in our state schools where the vast majority of children go to school.

>> the independent institute for fiscal studies concluded that labour's to end the tax labour's plans to end the tax breaks private schools breaks that private schools enjoy raise between enjoy that would raise between 1.3 £1.5 billion a year. 1.3 to £1.5 billion a year. i think that a considerable sum think that is a considerable sum of money. we would use that money teachers money to deliver more teachers into classrooms, better into our classrooms, better mental for our mental health support for our children , and high rising children, and high and rising standards in all of our state schools. i see no good reason why private schools continue to enjoy breaks , and i enjoy these tax breaks, and i hope the chancellor might at some point decide to act and end those breaks. we can those tax breaks. so that we can prioritise state education. that's labour government that's what a labour government would now. would be doing right now. >> how will find classroom >> how will you find classroom space for 40,000 new kids in state schools ? state schools? >> well, the ifs recognised that overall net the changes to tax breaks would raise 1.3 to 1.5 billion. so it will be raising considerable sums of money actually . alongside that, we're actually. alongside that, we're seeing demographic shift. that means there will be ample space for any children, but it's a lot of the private schools who scaremongering around some of this. i just don't accept . what this. i just don't accept. what do mean? sorry, running up

do you mean? sorry, running up their costs on year beyond? their costs year on year beyond? well, schools have well, the private schools have been year been putting up their fees year on beyond inflation. i on year beyond inflation. i think got the scope to think they've got the scope to cut a bit here. >> and there. what do you mean by sorry? >> this policy will raise money? >> this policy will raise money? >> what do you by >> what do you mean by demographic mean demographic shifts, which mean that you're going to have more spaces schools? we've had the spaces in schools? we've had the labour party on the labour party banging on for the last what a lack last 13 years about what a lack of classroom space. so how are you accommodate 40,000 you going to accommodate 40,000 kids private to kids switching from private to state you can't build state that you can't build schools quickly, you ? schools that quickly, can you? >> well, sadly , in large parts >> well, sadly, in large parts of the country, schools are beginning to close because we're seeing fewer young people arriving secondary school. arriving at secondary school. there young people there are fewer young people of secondary but secondary school age, but actually the ifs was very clear that it endorsed what we had said around the revenue that could raised. it's could be raised. and it's achievable. we we can do achievable. we know we can do it. confident we do it. it. i'm confident we can do it. we do it because we need to we will do it because we need to put money into state education. >> ian but what about parental choice? i mean, you do appreciate everybody choice? i mean, you do apprsends everybody choice? i mean, you do apprsends their everybody choice? i mean, you do apprsends their children body choice? i mean, you do apprsends their children to dy that sends their children to a private school is driving into the in royce.

the car park in a rolls royce. what about the just about managing who have chosen private education state and they're education over state and they're then going clobbered with then going to be clobbered with school fees that are probably going be 25% higher and going to be 25% higher and therefore completely unaffordable. therefore completely unaffordaithose sorts of represent those sorts of constituents . constituents. >> i'll never criticise individual parents for wanting to do what's right and best by their children. of course, i think parental choice is incredibly important, but actually for the vast majority of parents, including middle class parents, private schools are way beyond their reach. i mean the fee is in the mean, the average fee is in the region £15,000 per year per region of £15,000 per year per child . that is beyond most child. that is beyond most people . and private schools have people. and private schools have put up their fees where above inflation on year. so inflation year on year. so actually, i think most parents would want a secretary of state. that's funding and that's prioritising funding and resources and standards in our state schools. i mean, that's where 93% of children are. that's my priority. >> david blunkett, who i think you'll agree, knows quite a lot about schools, but also about labour politics, has given an interview sunday interview to the sunday telegraph he telegraph today where he basically that labour would basically says that labour would need a miracle the next

need a miracle to win the next general election . has he general election. has he got that wrong ? that wrong? >> i agree it's a tall order, not least coming off the back of such a big defeat in 2019. but i'm confident that under keir starmer we're looking outwards to the country. we're setting out that labour out the change that a labour government would deliver. we're not about that. not complacent about that. there's a time to go there's still a long time to go until whenever it until the election, whenever it comes, i tell you that comes, but i tell you that general election cannot come soon enough. people are crying general election cannot come somforiough. people are crying general election cannot come s001for change ’eople are crying general election cannot come s001for change and.e are crying general election cannot come s001for change and this; crying out for change and this government on government is just lingering on and really and people are really struggling. so i think the british should decide. british people should decide. >> and equally , though, he >> and equally, though, he doesn't seem to be enthused doesn't seem to be too enthused by indeed the cabinet by starmer or indeed the cabinet to which you belong. he talks about the glory days of robin cook and margaret beckett and so—called and says that so—called knowns and says that unfortunately the current shadow cabinet just isn't recognisable enough to the public. is that a fair criticism ? fair criticism? >> i have the utmost respect for david, and i've spent quite a lot of time with him talking about how he transformed education in 1997 when he was education secretary. so i've got i'll happily take advice and

support from david on all of those issues. but of course, yes, absolutely. we've still got a job of work to do in communicating our message to the pubuc communicating our message to the public and getting out there and showing people that we're on their take me their side. but if you take me back to where we were in 2019 after that devastating defeat, you worst that we'd you know, the worst that we'd ever since the since ever experienced since the since the and me now that the 30s and said to me now that we have turned party we would have turned the party around we'd be looking around and we'd be looking outwards the country, then outwards to the country, then i'm not sure i would have believed you. so we've made enormous i completely enormous progress. i completely accept to do accept that there is more to do and communicating that's why and communicating it. that's why i'm morning. speaking i'm here this morning. speaking to the to you, telling you about the difference labour government to you, telling you about the differe make. _abour government to you, telling you about the differe make. _abour govclubsznt to you, telling you about the differe make. _abour govclubs in would make. breakfast clubs in our cutting the cost of our schools, cutting the cost of school uniform more teachers in our got a lot school uniform more teachers in ou say got a lot school uniform more teachers in ou say and got a lot school uniform more teachers in ou say and i got a lot school uniform more teachers in ou say and i really got a lot school uniform more teachers in ou say and i really look|ot a lot school uniform more teachers in ou say and i really look forward to say and i really look forward to say and i really look forward to chance to make that to the chance to make that argument general election. argument in a general election. >> how widespread do think >> how widespread do you think keir reshuffle be keir starmer's reshuffle will be this week? an unkind labour source described john healey source has described john healey as, on as, quote, too tame to take on grant shapps as defence secretary. the likes of mr secretary. will the likes of mr healey will he be healey keep his job? will he be out ? who you like to see out? who would you like to see back the cabinet at shadow

back in the cabinet at shadow cabinet, you'll understand that these are all matters . these are all matters. >> you'll understand >> i'm sure you'll understand that are all matters for that these are all matters for keir. leader our party. so keir. as leader of our party. so i'm going to be getting into i'm not going to be getting into any speculation about about names or anything of that kind. these matters keir and these are matters for keir and we're of us, both those of we're all of us, both those of us on the front bench and those of us on the back benches. we're focussed on sure that focussed on making sure that we're position going we're in a strong position going into election so that we can into the election so that we can deliver change that people deliver the change that people desperately see. desperately want to see. >> final questions >> a couple more final questions for you, ms phillipson. i wondered what you made of penny mordaunt young mordaunt suggestion that young people compulsory people should do compulsory national . national service. >> yet to. i'm not >> i've yet to. i'm not convinced about that. i think i want young people to have opportunities to engage in volunteering skills, taking part in their community. i see lots of young people already do that, whether that's through the duke of edinburgh award, through scouts. range of scouts. there's a whole range of ways that young people contribute our society. i've contribute to our society. i've not been persuaded by that and i'm not quite clear what the full plan she's setting out would involve. >> and very briefly, is sadiq

khan's ulez going cost you khan's ulez going to cost you votes london, as the case votes in london, as was the case with uxbridge byelection ? with the uxbridge byelection? >> i accept the need to take action and make sure that we've got clean air. i think the challenge has been making sure that people are supported during this living crisis. and this cost of living crisis. and that's sadiq rightly that's why sadiq khan is rightly put place additional measures put in place additional measures around the around scrappage. but the government they've government have said they've asked authorities to put asked local authorities to put in place these kinds of plans and they've the brass and now they've got the brass neck complain about it. neck to complain about it. >> very much, bridget >> thank you very much, bridget phillipson this phillipson, for joining me this morning. to speak to you. morning. lovely to speak to you. >> thank you .

gb news radio show. >> now i'm joined in the studio by danny kruger. he's the tory mp for devizes. he's the co—leader of the new conservatives group. and he's

author of a new book, covenant the new politics of home, neighbourhood and nation . and neighbourhood and nation. and danny, thank you very much for joining me this morning. now, i'm intrigued because obviously you're in this book, you're saying in this book, what's britain? but what's wrong with britain? but i'd kind of i'd like to know what kind of society society would you like i'd like to know what kind of socreate?:iety would you like i'd like to know what kind of socreate? what vould you like i'd like to know what kind of socreate? what would 'ou like i'd like to know what kind of socreate? what would you ike i'd like to know what kind of socreate? what would you like to create? what would you like to create? what would you like to change? to see change? >> and thanks that. well >> and thanks for that. well i mean, my view is we face a huge number of threats in the west generally and in the uk specifically, are long specifically, and they are long term are largely driven term threats are largely driven by technology and the changes in our society and economy . and our society and our economy. and we very precarious. i think we feel very precarious. i think that's driving a lot of the politics of the west at the moment. people are feeling very nervous about all sorts of different threats, system threats, economic threats, cultural ecological cultural threats, ecological threats, military threats, of course, as well. so the question is , how strong is our state and is, how strong is our state and how strong is our society? and what i argue for in my new book is that we need to think about the conditions in which people behave towards each other. behave well towards each other. it's for the state to it's not right for the state to come in and try and fix every problem. in retrospect, after

it's be it's developed, we should be thinking not as thinking about not just as government a society, how government but as a society, how we the virtues the we nurture the virtues and the values, the behaviours, the habits, relationships that make us those are quite us strong. and those are quite traditional institutions , in my traditional institutions, in my view, their families, their neighbourhoods and their nations and in my view, brexit and the 2019 election that we won so convincingly was a call from the public, not just to take back control from brussels, but for a reset in our politics and the way that we organise ourselves and there was a demand for significant change. and of course we delivered that with brexit credit to the brexit and all credit to the government in 2019 2020 for doing that. i think given events since covid, ukraine, economic challenge, i think the public can now asking where's the real change that we demanded last time round? and that's what the group new conservative mps, group of new conservative mps, we ourselves that because we call ourselves that because we call ourselves that because we since the we were all elected since the brexit and we stand we were all elected since the brethis and we stand we were all elected since the brethis realignment nd we stand we were all elected since the brethis realignment in we stand we were all elected since the brethis realignment in our stand for this realignment in our politics, a reorientation of government back towards the values and interests of the values and the interests of the british away from the british people away from the metropolitan concerns of the london establishment. what we're

calling for is an attempt by what we think the government should be doing is to is reassembling that coalition of voters who put us into power in 2019, which include places like i represent in wiltshire, the traditional tory traditional base of the tory party also these small party but also these small c conservative voters who used to vote labour voted for us last time because they want change. and i don't think we can yet say i think still got time to i think we've still got time to do it. but i think the public is still crying out for the change that demanded time that they demanded last time round. you the round. do you think the conservatives are of lost conservatives are sort of lost touch values and touch with family values and family policies ? family orientated policies? well, my view is that family is the foundation of a healthy society. i'm pretty traditional about don't that about that. i don't think that means government be means that government should be prescriptive means that government should be prescr howz means that government should be prescr how people should live about how people should live their lives. that's whole their lives. that's the whole that's the antithesis of what we want. want to take want. we want people to take responsibility themselves, responsibility for themselves, not by not be bossed around by government, do think government, but i do think governments be governments should be incentivised, causing the behaviour that most people want to want to follow themselves. they want to follow themselves. they want to get married, stay married , to get married, stay married, bnng to get married, stay married, bring their kids up. well, be able to look after their elderly

parents. these are all the natural impulses of society and yet, because government is so determined to not moralise, not to try and influence to not to try and influence people , or rather to in fact to people, or rather to in fact to respond to the choices that people making , we a people are making, we have a system which are we system in which we are we incentivise break we incentivise family break up. we give more money to people , to give more money to people, to families which who put their old elderly parents into a residential home rather than keep them at home with themselves. easier to themselves. we make it easier to break pay people send break up. we pay people to send their people to go away break up. we pay people to send the away people to go away break up. we pay people to send the away to people to go away break up. we pay people to send the away to university go away break up. we pay people to send the away to university ratheray far away to university rather than home. we are than stay close to home. we are essentially incentivising the dissolution of the family, not because we're trying to do that. it's just that well—meaning government policy having, government policy is having, i think, negative effect on think, a negative effect on family life. >> you talk about the >> but then you talk about the government moralising and at government not moralising and at the same time you say, and i quote, marriage is safest quote, marriage is the safest and place for sex. so what and best place for sex. so what are you saying that people shouldn't have before marriage? >> i think government >> i don't think government should on that should be moralising on that topic. talking generally topic. i'm talking generally about should about what the culture should say. and my point in that section is to say, i section of the book is to say, i think we should be encouraging

our children think about our children to think about monogamy, think about the importance of marriage, of staying . and do worry staying faithful. and i do worry about sort of sexual about the sort of sexual disarray young people are disarray that young people are in the moment. and i don't in at the moment. and i don't think a happy think it's a happy scene. >> you say disarray, >> when you say sexual disarray, what do you mean? with confusion over gender? >> that's reflect a >> well, that's reflect that's a reflection our failure to reflection of our our failure to essentially tell our young people, tell our children how they're supposed to live as they grow up and how they're supposed to relate to the opposite sex. and i think we're in a state of we're reaping the whirlwind of a cultural revolution that took place when we were younger in the 60s, 70s and 80s, when intellectuals basically told everyone it doesn't matter how you live and it's all down to you live and it's all down to you and what you care for and wish for matters more than the inherited understanding of our society and you matter more than your i think your relationships. and i think that's the great mistake we've made in our lifetimes. that's the great mistake we've ma but] our lifetimes. that's the great mistake we've ma but then lifetimes. that's the great mistake we've ma but then you imes. about your >> but then you think about your generation your generation and what your generation and what your generation told is that you generation was told is that you could be an individual, that you

go out there and didn't go out there and you didn't need to close the family home. to be close to the family home. you need necessarily you didn't need to necessarily follow father's follow in your father's footsteps. his footsteps. and carry on his family or whatever, family business or whatever, that go out. i mean, that you could go out. i mean, are you saying that you feel individualism turned into individualism is turned into narcissism way? individualism is turned into naryes,;m way? individualism is turned into naryes, i1 way? individualism is turned into naryes, i do. way? individualism is turned into naryes, i do. well way? individualism is turned into naryes, i do. well put. ? individualism is turned into naryes, i do. well put. thank >> yes, i do. well put. thank you. because don't want to say you. because i don't want to say that should should go back that we should we should go back to a very static society where, yes, you have to follow your parents you have live parents trade, you have to live close the home. you have to close to the home. you have to be marriage. all be in an arranged marriage. all the that we've rightly the things that we've rightly done with, freedom. done away with, we need freedom. and that's the great british story, the way, is do have story, by the way, is we do have a in which people a tradition in which people travel make their travel for work. they make their own have a tradition own futures. we have a tradition of independence and self—reliance really self—reliance that's really important. the important. but actually the choice us want to choice that most of us want to make in life. yes we might want to go away to study or to work, but really we want be but really we want to be attached to place that we attached to the place that we think as home. think of as home. >> we can afford to be, if we >> if we can afford to be, if we can afford to be. >> and again, it's part of the incentives that our culture and our makes. very, our economy makes. it's very, very keep your very difficult to keep your roots. need to create a roots. so we need to create a society and an economy in which

roots. so we need to create a socieasierd an economy in which roots. so we need to create a socieasier torn economy in which roots. so we need to create a socieasier to do economy in which roots. so we need to create a socieasier to do the omy in which roots. so we need to create a socieasier to do the things which it's easier to do the things that most want to do, that most people want to do, which includes fulfilling the obugafions which includes fulfilling the obligations their obligations they have to their family understand family completely understand exactly where you're coming from. people think it's >> some people might think it's a backward looking, it's a bit backward looking, it's a bit harking back to sort of the a bit backward looking, it's a bit hal

operate. but your point about turning clock, turning back the clock, i'm really that being turning back the clock, i'm reaaccusation that being turning back the clock, i'm reaaccusation againstat being turning back the clock, i'm reaaccusation against meaing turning back the clock, i'm reaaccusation against me and i an accusation against me and i really worry about because really worry about it because nobody go backwards and nobody wants to go backwards and i i think i certainly don't. and i think the that you the 1950s model that you describe basically had the 1950s model that you descrimarried basically had the 1950s model that you descrimarried and basically had the 1950s model that you descrimarried and if)asically had the 1950s model that you descrimarried and if you ally had the 1950s model that you descrimarried and if you were|ad to be married and if you were a woman, at home. woman, you stayed at home. bringing kids up is totally bringing the kids up is totally wrong. it's, in fact, historically anomalous. you know, that's not the traditional way have way of doing things. women have always role always had an economic role until weird moment, until that little weird moment, war this idea of war when there was this idea of domesticity. so actually, i think need a society in which think we need a society in which men fulfil all the men and women can fulfil all the natural to natural instincts they have to look families, look after their families, which appues look after their families, which applies course. applies to men too, of course. yes. play a role in yes. to have play a role in their communities to and have a role in the economy. so actually it sound old fashioned it might sound old fashioned in a it because i think a sense. it is, because i think what a an what we want is a is an opportunity to work close to home different home to fulfil those different responsibilities, beyond home to fulfil those different responsitof,ies, beyond home to fulfil those different responsitof, you beyond home to fulfil those different responsitof, you know, yond home to fulfil those different responsitof, you know, having this idea of, you know, having to go far away from home work long never your long hours, never see your family. model long hours, never see your fami anybody model long hours, never see your fami anybody meniel long hours, never see your fami anybody men or women that anybody wants, men or women . i think actually what . so i think actually what i think that modernity, think is that modernity, technology in particular, the internet is making a more traditional of life, more traditional way of life, more possible, but in more equal possible, but in a more equal way. you know, in devizes in way. so you know, in devizes in wiltshire, where i represent,

you is now possible you know, it is now possible to have a really successful, thriving career without having to travel long distances all the time and to be play a part in your community and see your family for a decent amount of time. >> i mean, the kind of adverse view to that is that we're constantly attached to the office because of these. and even on holidays , we have to even on holidays, we have to still work. and actually family time becomes eroded. think time becomes eroded. i think also of this talk perhaps also some of this talk perhaps alienates working women who might feel that they're being judged by family orientated politicians who seem to be suggesting that the denigration of the family unit might be to down women working. you know, your mother, prue leith, is a very famous working woman, and i would imagine a bit of a matriarch in the. there you go. >> there go. so my mum >> there you go. so my mum represents, i think, a great model of to do it, and model of how to do it, and she was present child. was very present as a child. i mean, when i was a child, in a sense, she had the opportunity to she was an to because she was an entrepreneur could entrepreneur and she could manage time. that's entrepreneur and she could markind time. that's entrepreneur and she could markind of time. that's entrepreneur and she could markind of life time. that's entrepreneur and she could markind of life we me. that's entrepreneur and she could markind of life we want. that's entrepreneur and she could markind of life we want. my1at's the kind of life we want. my wife prisons, still wife works in prisons, still

working charity. she's working for our charity. she's an active mum and she works in the with the community, helps with our kids and does the community, helps with our kidsjob and does the community, helps with our kidsjob in and does the community, helps with our kidsjob in the and does the community, helps with our kidsjob in the prisons. nd does the community, helps with our kidsjob in the prisons. thesees herjob in the prisons. these things are possible, know, things are possible, you know, for many people. they need to be possible for everybody. and i would the that would challenge the idea that this somehow women. most this is somehow anti women. most women want to kind of women want to have the kind of life think i'm describing life i think i'm describing as dads this isn't some there's dads do. this isn't some there's no real difference. we all want the of life, which the same kind of life, which is one where fulfilled our one where we're fulfilled in our careers jobs. and we are careers or our jobs. and we are we opportunity see we have the opportunity to see our and to play a role in our family and to play a role in our family and to play a role in our neighbourhood. that's i our neighbourhood. that's what i think policy should our neighbourhood. that's what i thi about, policy should our neighbourhood. that's what i thi about, rather policy should our neighbourhood. that's what i thi about, rather thanicy should our neighbourhood. that's what i thi about, rather than always|ld be about, rather than always striving to drive up gdp figures by more people work by getting more people to work longer yes, we need longer hours. yes, we need economic success prosperity economic success and prosperity . we need be driving the . we need to be driving the engine growth . we need get engine of growth. we need to get more people into office more people back into the office as thing as well. actually but the thing that really matters to most people, is our people, you and me, is our families and our communities and even us who live in even those of us who live in sort of non—traditional families. that applies. families. that same applies. you want and you want to feel connected and you want to feel connected and you want to feel connected and you want to belong, but then isn't rishi sunak the sort of ultimate family at the same time , >> and yet at the same time, politicians seem politicians like you don't seem to of him. and the

to be in favour of him. and the way that he i think no. >> well, so you know there's a suggestion really among your new conservative group that he simply isn't thatcherite and right enough to be acceptable to your caucus of no so actually well on family policy on social policy , i think rishi is policy, i think rishi is absolutely in the right place. he's very concerned about all of the cultural questions that we rightly worry about at the moment. he's concerned about the kind of education his children are and really are receiving, and he really believes strong families. he believes in strong families. he also believes growth and in also believes in growth and in prosperity, covenant. prosperity, as we do covenant. >> new politics of home, >> the new politics of home, neighbourhood nation. neighbourhood and nation. it's out is out already, is it? >> out on saturday, i think >> it's out on saturday, i think on and you can on saturday. and you can pre—order. you get pre—order. i think you get a discount if you now. discount if you order now. >> man. also at all >> good man. and also at all good as they say .

this welcome back to the camilla tominey show. lovely to have your company this sunday morning. now, friday marks, would believe , of the first would you believe, of the first anniversary of queen elizabeth, the second's death? and i'm joined by elsa andersen, joined now by elsa andersen, former press secretary to her late majesty elsa. lovely to see you morning. can't you this morning. i can't believe been year. believe it's been a year. >> can't. can't. it's gone >> i can't. i can't. it's gone slowly. and yet it's past. slowly. and yet it's race past. i can't. i cannot believe it. if you think this time last year when we saw those when obviously we saw those images the looking images of the queen looking frail and then, of course, then it happened, although that last image her working two days image of her working two days before she passed away, a remarkable woman in a way , i remarkable woman in a way, i think the transition has actually been much smoother than i had anticipated. >> whenever i've been doing this job and i've been doing it for quite a long time with regard to reporting on the royals , i've reporting on the royals, i've always the nation reporting on the royals, i've always have the nation reporting on the royals, i've alwayshave some the nation reporting on the royals, i've alwayshave some kinde nation reporting on the royals, i've alwayshave some kind ofiation would have some kind of collective breakdown collective nervous breakdown when the queen died and actually, be fair to the king

actually, to be fair to the king and queen camilla, i think it's gone. all right . the last 12 gone. all right. the last 12 months, notwithstanding some harry issues which we'll get on to. analysis? to. but what's your analysis? >> agree . i think >> i completely agree. i think it's sort of keep calm and carry on. it's been a slow transition. i thought the king's state visit to germany was absolutely faultless . s how he spoke in faultless. s how he spoke in german , his sense of humour, his german, his sense of humour, his warmth , his great intellect came warmth, his great intellect came through. so i really do think it's, it's a slow transition, but it's been faultless and queen camilla, i mean, in a way, did she make a rod for her own back with this kind of insistence that we drop the console and call her the queen >> not everyone is comfortable with that term. when applied to camilla. >> i think it's the right decision . she is. she is the decision. she is. she is the queen. she is . and she is his queen. she is. and she is his consort . and i think people consort. and i think people don't talk about it anymore. maybe at the beginning when it was announced. but now people are just taking it as the norm. she is the queen

>> and what was interesting about coronation, thought about the coronation, i thought is put her is how much she put her own stamp that ceremony. i mean, stamp on that ceremony. i mean, the archbishop of canterbury, who used to work who i know you also used to work for in the day, crowning for back in the day, crowning them both alongside each other and appearing and both appearing on the balcony family. balcony. he's with his family. she's with hers. she insisted that her side of the family, her sister and her nieces and nephews were present for that moment. and we know that not many non—royals ever appear on the balcony. what's the last example, i suppose winston churchill. so that was significant too. think significant too. do we think that really ruling that the queen is really ruling the oris that the queen is really ruling the or is the king very the roost or is the king very much in command ? much in command? >> that. i think >> i wouldn't say that. i think she is an absolutely crucial support role for him. and i think the balcony and combined families is modern britain. you know what family do you not know? you know, i'm one of them. >> blended families, blended. >> blended families, blended. >> absolutely. so they are actually representing what modern britain is today. but is it problematic for them that they're in their 70s? >> they've this huge >> they've got this huge workload. few workload. there have been a few reports sort of saying, oh god, they haven't found it as easy. i

mean, there's talk the mean, there's talk that the commonwealth heads of government, to government, i think is going to be somewhere, miles, be in samoa or somewhere, miles, and miles away. it's not like when the throne when the queen took the throne at 25 and could jet around the world months on i mean, world for months on end. i mean, these working these people are working well beyond and also, beyond retirement age and also, does that pose a problem for the brand or because they kind of seem sandwich seem like the sandwich generation the queen on generation between the queen on the and the throne for all that time and then, of the prince and then, of course, the prince and princess wales and their princess of wales and their youth and vitality. the other side yeah. side of the coin. yeah. >> think so. i think >> no, i don't think so. i think the program can be paced to represent their reflective ages . the king is known for having extreme high energy levels. you know, he's a workaholic. so i don't think that just because he's in his 70s, that actually that will affect his pace at all. i think it's i think they'll crack on. >> but are you worried about the slimmed down nature of things? i mean, princess expressed mean, princess anne expressed some they couldn't some concern that they couldn't slim down any further. i think when talked about when the king talked about slimming monarchy slimming down the monarchy from a perspective, slimming down the monarchy from a wasn't perspective, slimming down the monarchy from a wasn't anticipatingspective, he wasn't anticipating the

absence duke and duchess absence of the duke and duchess of sussex and indeed, the absence brother, the absence of his own brother, the duke york, from public life. duke of york, from public life. and look balcony now and you look at the balcony now and you think, oh, my goodness, it's a bit thin the ground. and you think, oh, my goodness, it's a bgot|in the ground. and you think, oh, my goodness, it's a bgot|in likes ground. and you think, oh, my goodness, it's a bgot|in likes of ound. and you think, oh, my goodness, it's a bgot|in likes of the d. and you think, oh, my goodness, it's a bgot|in likes of the duke you've got the likes of the duke and edinburgh, and duchess of edinburgh, formerly edward formerly sophie and edward wessex, bringing up the wessex, kind of bringing up the rear, doing but, know, rear, doing jobs. but, you know, it a little bit out, it does look a little bit out, fractured, perhaps because of harry and meghan's absence . harry and meghan's absence. >> i don't know. i think you could maybe argue that a slimmed down monarchy is actually more fitting for the 21st century. you know, do you need as many working royals out there with the perception that it's taxpayer money that's funding them? so actually, i think the king doing thing, king is doing the right thing, slimming it down, concentrating on those charities and patronages, which he should do, and going forward in that direction. anne, can we have your analysis of the state of your pr analysis of the state of things with regard and meghan? >> we've gone from the netflix documentary to spare to them being lampooned on south park and being described as grifter us and we've seen some imagery

even to today of them at this beyonce concert and meghan looks very happy . harry doesn't very happy. harry doesn't necessarily, but it could have been just a bad camera angle. i mean , what's your analysis of mean, what's your analysis of their popularity versus that of their popularity versus that of the royals moment and the royals at the moment and where with this? where we are with this? >> any good pr >> well, like any good pr professional , >> well, like any good pr professional, i'd advise >> well, like any good pr professional , i'd advise myself professional, i'd advise myself not to get down that rabbit hole. no we want here's the rabbit hole . rabbit hole. >> imagine yourself as alice in wonderland. but seriously, just in terms of just okay, let's put it this way. perhaps you could argue that the royal family have fared extraordinarily if fared extraordinarily well. if you think back to oprah and some of the claims that were made that actually their popularity appears to be on the rise while harry and meghan's has nosedived, i think, you know, i haven't got a crystal ball. >> who knows what's going to happenin >> who knows what's going to happen in the future. he's obviously working very hard on his charities, on the invictus games, which been, you know, games, which has been, you know, a i'm a celebrated success. know i'm the of a military the daughter of a military officer. i know what it's like when you're injured in the

military and you feel you don't get the support. and i think thatis get the support. and i think that is real, you know, that is a real, you know, testimony to his his passion for the armed does this the armed forces. he does this year year yeah year after year after year. yeah. going yeah. i don't know what's going to future. to happen in the future. >> do royals have to >> do the royals have to reconcile with them, do you think, well family, think, or. well it's a family, yeah. >> families disputes . i >> families have disputes. i can't think of one family that doesn't have an up and down. >> although, unlike doesn't have an up and down. >> rest although, unlike doesn't have an up and down. >> rest of although, unlike doesn't have an up and down. >> rest of us,|lthough, unlike doesn't have an up and down. >> rest of us, they're|, unlike doesn't have an up and down. >> rest of us, they're notilike the rest of us, they're not plastered front. plastered across the front. >> and it's difficult. >> totally. and it's difficult. and obviously, to and obviously, according to the media, lack of trust media, there's a lack of trust between members now. between family members now. yeah, i'm a firm believer in yeah, but i'm a firm believer in reconciliation. thank you very much indeed for your expertise this morning. >> i'm back next week at 930. up next, it's michael portillo. but first, here's some more weather i >> -- >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. hello there.

on. gb news. hello there. >> good evening. i'm jonathan vautrey . who is your gb news vautrey. who is your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office hope you enjoyed your weekend. it is ending on a fairly fine note for many of us. a lot of clear intervals through the evening and overnight away from the far north of scotland that going to remain a bit that is going to remain a bit breezier and cloudier. some mist that is going to remain a bit breefog and cloudier. some mist that is going to remain a bit breefog patchesudier. some mist that is going to remain a bit breefog patches will'. some mist that is going to remain a bit breefog patches will form|e mist and fog patches will form underneath clear skies, underneath those clear skies, particularly for eastern england , also , southeast england, but also northern ireland turning quite murky monday murky first thing on monday morning. of us, though, murky first thing on monday mwill1g. of us, though, murky first thing on monday mwill be of us, though, murky first thing on monday mwill be a of us, though, murky first thing on monday mwill be a fairly of us, though, murky first thing on monday mwill be a fairly mildis, though, murky first thing on monday mwill be a fairly mild warm ugh, it will be a fairly mild warm start. around 14 start. temperatures around 14 15 c in a lot of our towns and cities . once that mist and 15 c in a lot of our towns and cities. once that mist and fog does eventually clear its way off, promises to be a off, monday promises to be a pretty glorious day for many of us. good swathe of sunshine us. a good swathe of sunshine for the majority of the uk for the vast majority of the uk will be a bit breezy around the west country , gusty along west country, gusty along some coastlines here and always cloud lingering very far lingering across the very far north of scotland. drizzly outbreaks of rain for shetland as well. but elsewhere in that sunshine very warm sunshine feeling very warm widely into the mid 20s. if not the high 20s across southern

england and wales, high pressure sticks into middle sticks with us into the middle part week, it part of the week, but it re—orientate itself so we tap into a southerly air flow that allows even allows us to feed in some even warmer conditions from continental the continental europe. so on the grand scheme of things, tuesday looks like another pretty fine day many of us. again, it's day for many of us. again, it's still blustery across the still quite blustery across the south—west, some higher base cloud northern cloud pushing in across northern ireland well, turning the ireland as well, turning the sunshine in cloud ireland as well, turning the sunsstill in cloud ireland as well, turning the sunsstill lingering in cloud ireland as well, turning the sunsstill lingering across:loud just still lingering across parts orkney, of parts of orkney, the isle of lewis, still plenty amounts lewis, but still plenty amounts of to be and of sunshine to be had. and temperatures peaking around wednesday over 30 c i >> -- >> the temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on

gb news. very good evening to you. >> i'm aaron armstrong. in the gb news newsroom. some breaking news to begin with. west midlands police are investigating after two investigating a driver after two people another people were killed and another person in separate person was injured in separate collisions at the moment. we'll unfolding at the moment. we'll bnng unfolding at the moment. we'll bring details that bring you more details on that as get it. meanwhile as soon as we get it. meanwhile the government is under pressure to exact of to reveal the exact number of schools at collapse due schools at risk of collapse due to concrete. labour schools at risk of collapse due to planning concrete. labour schools at risk of collapse due to planning to oncrete. labour schools at risk of collapse due to planning to force te. labour schools at risk of collapse due to planning to force a. labour schools at risk of collapse due to planning to force a voteabour schools at risk of collapse due to planning to force a vote to ur is planning to force a vote to compel the prime minister to pubush compel the prime minister to publish all schools at publish a list of all schools at risk, told to risk, with more than 100 told to fully or partially close days before they're due back. experts are warning the problem is being complicated by the coexistence of asbestos in schools and other pubuc of asbestos in schools and other public buildings . shadow public buildings. shadow education secretary bridget phillipson says the government should have acted sooner. >> i appreciate that. lots of parents across the country will be concerned because sadly many children are not to going be able to return to education or will be moved into portacabins or alternative accommodation because of the risk that this kind of crumbling concrete is to