but the national audit office estimated that up to 700,000, 700,000 pupils were in buildings that were africa's president, cyril ramaposa, has called for urgent action, to tackle the problems of housing in inner—city areas after 7a people died in a fire injohannesburg. the cause of the blaze, has not yet been established. many of the residents were migrants, who were renting rooms from criminal gangs who had taken over the former industrial building. the process of identifying bodies is continuing. 0ur correspondent shingai nyoka sent us this update from johannesburg. a day after the fire broke out emergency services are still at the scene conducting one final sweep in search of remains. and the families are also still here in search of answers. and some of that trauma is visible on their faces. some of them bear the physical scars of the events of yesterday broken bones, head injuries. over 70 people are now confirmed to have died, and the grim task of identifying them is underway. but many of the relatives here say that their relatives are still missing and they don't know whether th

in an unusual intervention, the head of the national audit office today accused the government of a stickingr approach to school maintenance, and said the unflashy but essentialjob of looking after buildings had been neglected. the government still hasn't released a list of all the schools affected, which labour says is unfair. because parents want to know what is happening. it is clearly unacceptable to leave schools in the lurch for months and months, and it is, as one head teacher said to me yesterday, these are darker days than covid for our children. reporter: how long are i the children going to be out of schools, minister? this morning the education secretary kept her words brief. but the government has been at pains to calm parents. there are 22,000 schools in england, although investigations are still very much under way. so farjust 150 are affected. two in wales and 35 in scotland. think about the school estate, it is only schools that are built or extended between the 50s and the �*90s, half of all schools either built before that date or after that date, so parents can be reassur

but the national audit office estimated that up to 700,000, 700,000 pupils were in buildings that werehave seen their biggest annual decline since 2009, according to nationwide.the building society says the drop represented a fall of £14,600 on a typical home in the uk since house prices peaked in august 2022. live now to faisal choudhry — head of residential research at the estate agents savills. he joins us from glasgow. in terms of that to drop it is quite a drop did not surprise you? it has not surprised _ a drop did not surprise you? it has not surprised me _ a drop did not surprise you? it has not surprised me because - a drop did not surprise you? it has not surprised me because after. a drop did not surprise you? it 1:3 not surprised me because after the september 2022 many budgets we saw a sharp rise in interest rates. the cost was already going up and the expected to slow. that follows a significant uplift in house prices that we saw over the first few years. fix. that we saw over the first few ears. �* ., , that we saw over the first few ears. ~ ., , ., , that we saw over the

in an unusual intervention, the head of the national audit office today accused the government of a stickingneglected. the government still hasn't released a list of all the schools affected, which labour says is unfair. because parents want to know what is happening. it is clearly unacceptable to leave schools in the lurch for months and months, and it is, as one headteacher said to me yesterday, these are darker days than covid for our children. reporter: how long are i the children going to be out of schools, minister? this morning the education secretary kept her words brief. but the government has been at pains to calm parents. there are 22,000 schools in england, although investigations are still very much under way, so farjust 150 are affected. two in wales and 35 in scotland. think about the school estate. it is only schools that are built or extended between the 50s and the '90s, half of all schools either built before that date or after that date, that comes as little comfort for the parents of children who can't go back in to school this week, and for the government, the image of

in an unusual intervention, the head of the national audit office today accused the government of a stickingr. because parents want to know what is happening. it is clearly unacceptable to leave schools in the lurch for months and months, and it is, as one head teacher said to me yesterday, these are darker days than covid for our children. reporter: how long are i the children going to be out of schools, minister? this morning the education secretary kept her words brief. but the government has been at pains to calm parents. there are 22,000 schools in england, although investigations are still very much under way. so farjust 150 are affected. two in wales and 35 in scotland. think about the school estate, it is only schools that are built or extended between the 50s and the �*90s, half of all schools either built before that date or after that date, so parents can be reassured. that comes at little comfort for the parents of children who can't go back in to school this week, and for the government, the image of crumbling public buildings is not one they can gloss over. ellie price, bbc new

the head of the national audit office accuses him of taking a sticking plaster approach.he nao report says he cut £869 million. the person who ran the department for education says he is personally responsible. on monday, he leapt to his own defence, saying it is utterly wrong to blame him. so why does literally everyone else say it is his fault? mr speaker, the professional advice from the technical experts on raac has evolved over time, and indeed it is something that successive governments have dealt with, dating back to 1994, mr speaker. now, as new advice has come forward, the government has rightly, decisively and swiftly acted in the face of that advice. but he talked about school budgets and talked about what i had done, but let me just walk him through the facts of actually what that spending review did, because he brought it up. he brought it up so presumably he would like to hear the facts. funding for school maintenance and rebuilding will average {2.6 billion a year over this parliament as a result of that spending review, which represents a 20% increase on t

and covid have pushed cost up the war and covid have pushed cost up but three years ago the national audit officeansport and hs2 limited said had underestimated the cost and there was this morning from the labour mayor of manchester. —— warning. if you pull the plug on that infrastructure you leave the north of england saddled with victorian structure for the rest of the century. structure for the rest of the centu . ., , ., , , , century. no plot has been pulled yet but -- plug — century. no plot has been pulled yet but -- plug has _ century. no plot has been pulled yet but -- plug has been _ century. no plot has been pulled yet but -- plug has been pulled - century. no plot has been pulled yet but -- plug has been pulled and - so so far hs2 has not provided it. the scottish actor david mccallum, who had a film and television carreer spanning 60 years, has died at the age of 90 in new york. he starred in "the great escape" and appeared more recently as a medical examiner in the hit us crime drama, ncis. but he'll be best remembered for playing a russian spy in the american 19605 tv series, "the

the head of the national audit office accuses him of taking a sticking plaster approach.nally responsible. on monday, he leapt to his own defence, saying it is utterly wrong to blame him. so why does literally everyone else say it is his fault? mr speaker, the professional advice from the technical experts on raac has evolved over time, and indeed it is something that

the head of the spending watchdog, the national audit office, says pupils and parents are paying theer nick gibb says the government spends 1.8 billion a year on maintence and improvements. a bbc investigation has found in the last year three water companies in england illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times on days when it wasn't raining. while the release of sewage is legal when it's wet the practice is banned on dry days as it can cause environmental harm. the government is changing planning laws to make it easier to build onshore windfarms in england. ministers had been facing a backbench rebellion on the issue. labour has already committed to similar proposals. conservationists say the number of golden eagles in southern scotland is at its highest in 300—years. nearly 50 of the birds are now in the area around dumfries and galloway and the scottish borders. the former liverpool captain jordan henderson says his move to the saudi arabian pro league was never about making more money. hejoined al—ettifaq on a reported £700,000 a week, but speaking to the athletic he's played

in 2019, the national audit office said that £765 million was allocated to repairing school buildingsw stands at £450 million. so, squeezed budgets and competing priorities for spending. speaking to those who were involved in the internal negotiations within government at the time, the department for education did want more money for school repairs. the treasury wasn't persuaded. but i'm told there were other bigger priorities then for education, not least, the amount of funding allocated per pupil. this concrete wasn't regarded as dangerous then as it is now. it's the education secretary who's decided on the need for greater caution. but there wasn't much caution when she went all potty—mouthed after an interview this afternoon. does anyone ever say, "you know what, you've "done a bleep good job, - because everyone else has sat "on their bleep, and done nothing?" no signs of that, no? it turns out, no, not really. a few hours later, a new outfit and a rather different tone. i'd like to apologise for my choice language there. that was unnecessary, but it was an off—the—cuff remark, ba

in 20149, the national audit office said 760 5 million pounds was allocated to repairing school buildingsat number has since fallen and now stands at 450 million pounds. so squeezed budgets and competing priorities for spending. speaking to those involved in the internal negotiations at the time, the department of education wanted more money for repairs, but treasury was not persuaded. but i'm told there were other, bigger priorities than for education, not least the amount of funding allocated per pupil. this concrete was not regarded as dangerous then as it is now. it is the education secretary who had decided on the need for greater caution but there was not much caution when she went potty mouth during interview this afternoon. >> does anyone say that you have done a -- good job because everyone else has sat on their hands and done nothing? >> it turns out, not really. a few hours later, a new outfit and a rather different tone. >> i want to apologize for my choice language. that was unnecessary. it was an off-the-cuff remark based on the interview. the interview was quite hard, why h

and now the chief of the national audit office. that's the spending watchdog, has accused the government of using a sticking plaster approach to school maintenance with thousands children currently thousands of children currently unable to classrooms. unable to return to classrooms. >> right. here's what object >> right. here's what i object to amongst all this to as well. amongst all this nonsense . so you would think you nonsense. so you would think you and think they and i would think they send round specialists , inspectors to round specialists, inspectors to look this concrete . right. look at this concrete. right. and oh, that's it there, and say, oh, that's it there, that's it there, and it shouldn't be there. whatever you. no, they send the headmaster or mistress to have a look and then they see any of look and then if they see any of it, they've seal off that it, they've got to seal off that corridor instead of sending experts. it's left to an experts. so it's left to an amateur's judgement . whether amateur's judgement. w

the national audit office — responsible for auditing the government's various departments — made thisnt years, there has been a significant funding shortfall, contributing to deterioration across the school estate. dfe has reported £7 billion a year as the best practice level of capitalfunding to maintain, repair and rebuild the school estate." in 2020, it recommended funding of £5.3 billion a year to maintain schools and mitigate the most serious risks of building failure. dfe was subsequently allocated an average of £3.1 billion a year of relevant funding from hm treasury. it says the rate of school rebuilding is significantly below what the government estimates is required to maintain the school estate. i feel that elements of the school are not entirely safe. i couldn't put my hand on my heart and swear by it, but i've done everything that i possibly can as head teacher to try and ensure that the children are safe, but there are many repairs that need to be done in the building. today, the prime minister said his 2020 spending review had led to more money being spent on schools. f

past decade, initial decisions going to head back in 2009 and more expected costs in from the national audit officeve been subsequent warnings. the reason i think it has been discussed now is the chancellor of the exchequer makes his statement in november and he has been looking at the cost projections and he said, at the cost projections and he said, a few days ago, that he felt the costs were now getting totally out of control. he couldn't tell us what he would do about that in november, but there are some reasons i think for doing that sooner. first of all, some ministers close to these discussions, government ministers think that giving all of the lobbying and speculation and uncertainty about the future of this project, it's better to freeze reach a decision sooner rather than later. another factor of course is the conservative party, the governing party, it is time for the annual conference and the city chosen for the venue is manchester. there is a lot of fear in conservative ranks at that conference which will talk about a whole range of issues perhaps before the next general election, the

in 2019, the national audit office said that £765 million was allocated to repairing school buildingsmber has since fallen, and now stands at £450 million. so, squeezed budgets and competing priorities for spending. speaking to those who were involved in the internal negotiations within government at the time, the department for education did want more money for school repairs. the treasury wasn't persuaded. but i'm told there were other bigger priorities then for education, not least, the amount of funding allocated per pupil. this concrete wasn't regarded as dangerous then as it is now. it's the education secretary who's decided on the need for greater caution. but there wasn't much caution when she went all potty—mouthed after an interview this afternoon. does anyone ever say, "you know what, you've "done a bleep good job, - because everyone else has sat "on their bleep, and done nothing?" no signs of that, no? it turns out, no, not really. a few hours later, a new outfit and a rather different tone. i'd like to apologise for my choice language there. that was unnecessary, but it w

the war and covid have pushed up costs but as well as that, three years ago, the national audit officetimated the complexity of the programme and, as that complexity continues to reveal itself, 11 years after the tories compared their ambition to the victorians, there's this warning, from labour's mayor of manchester. if you just pull the plug on that rail infrastructure, you're basically leaving the north of england saddled with victorian infrastructure for the rest of this century. no plug has been pulled yet but hs2 in its current form requires renewed political support and so far, rishi sunak hasn't provided it. india continues to emphatically deny dramatic allegations by canada that it had a hand in the murder of a canadian sikh injune. but indian media is now reporting that delhi does want to put renewed pressure on some foreign sikh activists — naming seven britons among 19 people whose indian properties are set to be confiscated. it comes at a time when some british sikhs are concerned about how they are being viewed. here's our religion editor aleem maqbool. whenjustin trudeau

in 2019, the national audit office said that £765 million was allocated to repairing school buildingsmber has since fallen, and now stands at £450 million. so, squeezed budgets and competing priorities for spending. speaking to those who were involved in the internal negotiations within government at the time, the department for education did want more money for school repairs. the treasury wasn't persuaded. but i'm told there were other bigger priorities then for education, not least, the amount of funding allocated per pupil. this concrete wasn't regarded as dangerous then as it is now. it's the education secretary who's decided on the need for greater caution. but there wasn't much caution when she went all potty—mouthed after an interview this afternoon. does anyone ever say, "you know what, you've "done a bleep good job, - because everyone else has sat "on their bleep, and done nothing?" no signs of that, no? it turns out, no, not really. a few hours later, a new outfit and a rather different tone. i'd like to apologise for my choice language there. that was unnecessary, but it w

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the war and covid have pushed up costs, but as well as that, three years ago, the national audit office complexity of the programme and, as that complexity continues to reveal itself, 11 years after the tories compared their ambition to the victorians, there�*s this warning, from labour�*s mayor of manchester. if you just pull the plug on that rail infrastructure, you're basically leaving the north of england saddled with victorian infrastructure for the rest of this century. no plug has been pulled yet, but hs2 in its current form requires renewed political support and so far, rishi sunak hasn�*t provided it. thousands of letters from senior doctors to patients and their gps have been lost because of a computer error at a hospital trust in newcastle. the health regulator has demanded assurances that no—one has had their treatment delayed as a result. 0ur health correspondent sharon barbour reports. in a letter seen by the bbc, newcastle hospitals has told senior doctors that the cqc has issued an urgent warning about the potential harm to patients. the unsent letters date back five yea

the national audit office estimated up to 700,000 pupils in buildings with past life span.tary so the story is really moving with just that a list of schools and we are here trying to find out and establish exactly which schools are involved, the government saying they will publish that full list and we will hear in terms of those latest contingencies the government have been talking about. a lot to learn about that important story. stay with us. hello there. meteorologically speaking, the first day of september is the first day of autumn, and with the changing of the season, we are changing the weather, something drier and warmer on the way through the weekend with some spells of sunshine. still some showers around through the rest of today. and a band of thicker cloud affecting parts of northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. a little bit of rain with that best of the sunshine across the northern half of scotland. temperatures between 1a and 23 degrees. so already turning a little bit warmer down towards the south east. and then as we head through tonigh

tie: national audit together, that were not safe. tte: national audit officeiate your time this morning from the general - this morning from the general secretary of any eu. we will be speaking to the education minister nick gibb in about ten minutes' time. nhs hospitals in england will face unprecedented disruption later this month — and again in october — when bothjunior doctors and consultants take part in strike action at the same time over pay and conditions. let's ta ke let's take you through the dates. junior doctors voted in favour to walk out on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of september. this coincides with action that's already planned by consultants for the 19th and 20th. then, if the dispute over pay hasn't been settled, there will be more disruption when both walk out again on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of october. sad julian hartley is the header providers of ambulances for hospitals. what is the impact this will have? , , _, . will have? there is deep concern about this- _ will have? there is deep concern about this. it _ will have? there is deep concern a

steps and it's going to be quite expensive, had we taken the warnings that been issued by the national audit officebeen conceiving of regulations in the uk and relating to health and safety and relating to health and safety and building regulations and what we are calling for is a shift from the notion that these regulations are detrimental to growth and holding back development and rediscover something that i think the british public are very aware of which is that regulations are there to protect and we need to forget or move away from concepts of regulation as burdensome and red tape that allow us to build and cement in our minds that they are important in my address and infect her children. —— that are important to our health and our children. nothing was really done. .,. . ~' and our children. nothing was really done. ._ done. race back in january, people were aware — done. race back in january, people were aware of _ done. race back in january, people were aware of the _ done. race back in january, people were aware of the risks _ done. race back in january, people were aware of the risks and

in 2019 the national audit office said £765 million was office said £765 million was allocated to repairinglen and now stands at £450 million. so squeezed budgets and competing priorities for spending. speaking to those involved in the internal negotiations within government at the time the department for education did want more money for school repairs. the treasury wasn't persuaded. but i'm told there were other bigger priorities then for education, not least the amount of funding allocated per pupil. this concrete wasn't regarded as dangerous then, as it is now. it's the education secretary who has decided on the need for greater caution, but there wasn't much caution when she went potty mouth after an interview this afternoon. does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a bleef’ good job, because everyone else has sat - on their_ and done nothing? no signs of that, no? it turns out no, not really. a few days later a different outfit and a different tone... i days later a different outfit and a different tone. . ._ different tone... i would like to apologise _ different tone. .. i w

in fact , at the time the nao, the independent national audit office, then that excluded office, saidre expensive than it needs to be. and don't forget, the came in to power when the tories came in to power when there's no money so there's no money left. so i think some some context think he gave some some context , think, to the attacks on the , i think, to the attacks on the government 3 or 4 government over the past 3 or 4 days. wonder why those days. i just wonder why those attack to attack lines that were used to good in chamber were good effect in the chamber were not to gillian keegan. not given to gillian keegan. >> certainly the attack >> and certainly the attack lines well with the tory lines worked well with the tory backbenchers. they were in good voice but wonder he's voice, but i wonder if he's reading room in terms of the reading the room in terms of the rest of the country when we you know, hindsight back on know, captain, hindsight back on the bridge accusing starmer of political opportunist ism you know that might not chime with a lot of mums and dads and headteacher

are quoting came from the report from _ figure you are quoting came from the report from the national audit office. there is a huge gap between what we need and what we are getting _ between what we need and what we are getting. this has been raised for quite _ getting. this has been raised for quite some time. they need major rebuilding, — quite some time. they need major rebuilding, they need refurbishment and as— rebuilding, they need refurbishment and as a _ rebuilding, they need refurbishment and as a consequence, learning is taking _ and as a consequence, learning is taking place in less than ideal conditions and i think it is admirable the teachers who had speaking — admirable the teachers who had speaking earlier about how the children— speaking earlier about how the children have continued learning, they are — children have continued learning, they are doing so well, the teachers, it's all been this right, we will— teachers, it's all been this right, we will get — teachers, it's all been this right, we will get on with it and do it and ithink— we will get on with it and do it and i think

there is a report out from the national— there is a report out from the national audit office injunee could be up to 570 schools — says there could be up to 570 schools which might have raac so at the moment, there are structural engineers — the moment, there are structural engineers within the school is currently— engineers within the school is currently looking to see if others are affected so you've also got wales. — are affected so you've also got wales, northern ireland and scotland who are _ wales, northern ireland and scotland who are also doing surveys. it's likely— who are also doing surveys. it's likely this — who are also doing surveys. it's likely this story will go on and on as more — likely this story will go on and on as more schools are named. we likely this story will go on and on as more schools are named. we got a iuestion as more schools are named. we got a question for — as more schools are named. we got a question for you. _ as more schools are named. we got a question for you, john, _ as more schools are named. we got a question for you, john, from - as more sc

they've been warned by successive government reports the national audit office has reported even this. this could have come clean. even this summer. and an independent review says former cabinet minister sir gavin williamson should apologise to mps for bullying the former chief whip. >> he sent offensive text messages to wendy morton after he wasn't invited to the late queen's funeral. the panel says sir gavin should also take part in appropriate behaviour training . a 21 year old man will training. a 21 year old man will spend at least 22 years behind bars after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering his sister. conor gibson attacked and killed amber gibson attacked and killed amber gibson in a south lanarkshire woodland in 2021. he was given a life sentence with a minimum of 22 years before he can be considered for parole. in a statement , ambers considered for parole. in a statement, ambers former foster family described her as the most giving, loving , supportive and giving, loving, supportive and admirable person drivers were hit by one of the biggest monthly fu

let�*s take a look at the actual figures from the national audit office.gland. you can see that it does fall quite sharply after 2020, from £750 million to around £450 million — though it is set to rise quite a lot by 2025, to more than £1 billion. though also note that these figures are not adjusted for inflation — so this post—2020 fall in real terms is actually bigger when adjusted for the fast rising prices we�*ve seen since then — almost a 50% drop.. what of it over a longer period? the labour party says that school capital budgets have been slashed ever since the conservatives came to power in 2010 and michael gove scrapped the building schools for the future scheme. does that stack up? this shows total capital spending, so includes things like equipment and notjust school building repairs. and it�*s adjusted for inflation. you can see there is a chunky increase this year to £61; billion. but back in 2009 it was substantially higher — £9.8 billion. but is any of this is related to the raac concrete issue? mr slater suggests it is — but is that fair?

and i mean, the national audit office put the figure at 30 billion a year in fraud, loss in governmentid. so, i mean , it's just an astonishing i mean, it's just an astonishing amount. now you're not going to get all of that before covid. yes. yes. so the problem has been endemic for a long time. so that's why the thing needs a real focus. and, you know, what will incense our viewers and listeners is that if there's some problem, some slight anomaly your tax return, anomaly with your tax return, hmrc will be down your throat before you can say, oh my goodness, where are my bank files? >> and yet at the same time, a blind eye has been turned to basically widespread fraud , basically widespread fraud, fraud worth millions and billions. >> it was also promise of a fraud bill in this parliament. >> what happened to that? >> what happened to that? >> well, that's disappeared. so >> well, that's disappeared. so >> okay, so, look, let's talk about growth. and i know you want to talk about sort of what more we could be doing for productivity, particularly you said at the time, look, i'm resign

but now national audit but now the national audit office accused the office has accused the governmenthat they're government of using what they're calling sticking plaster calling a sticking plaster approach maintenance approach to school maintenance with thousands of children currently to lessons. >> the shadow paymaster general, that's the that's his new title in the labour shadow cabinet labour party shadow cabinet reshuffle. jonathan ashworth, he spoke to news earlier this spoke to gb news earlier this morning. to were we morning. had this to say were we had a programme for rebuilding schools and as i say, after 13, i3 schools and as i say, after 13, 13 years ago when the conservatives got 13 conservatives first got in 13 years ago, they cut that programme. >> and i think today , look, when >> and i think today, look, when you've sort of rooves at you've got sort of rooves at risk collapse in various risk of collapse in various various schools across the country, pupils really worried. you've got the education secretary expecting to be thanked and congratulated by parents and then

it's been on a red rating bits of the route by the nao, the national office, which national audit offices looks at these projects and says if buildable. but it was if they're buildable. but it was dnven if they're buildable. but it was driven by, by driven forward really by, by political will, by george osborne, you say william hague there. david cameron, michael heseltine. these are all tory big beasts from the past who weren't holding the pan over a chequebook looking the chequebook, looking at the soaring of the cost of soaring costs of the cost of living crisis, the war in ukraine other factors. so ukraine and other factors. so i think they are now committed to going to birmingham. the question they north going to birmingham. the qutherei they north going to birmingham. the quthere ? they north going to birmingham. the quthere ? for they north going to birmingham. the quthere ? for people north going to birmingham. the quthere ? for people around h going to birmingham. the quthere ? for people around me, of there? for people around me, it must do. >> and what will this mean when we'r

we've got a national audit office report which has found that 700,000 school pupils may be learning in 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 m

well, the national audit office in june issued a report and said that 700,000 pupils were learning inquired major rebuilding or refurbishment. >> that's a national audit. >> that's a national audit. >> they're learning remote only. well, no, but if you're in a school that basically needs to be refurbed and all the rest of it, then you're going to have to be taken out of that. yeah, the only way of doing any of these large programmes, as paul will know anybody is you know and anybody else is you have to a programme with so have to have a programme with so much money over each year, over a you spend a number of years and you spend it a certain list it according to a certain list of priorities and they'll always be or other be schools waiting or other buildings are buildings waiting that are further list because further down the list because you've the ones that you've prioritised the ones that need investment you're need the investment more. you're never any never going to solve any governmental problem, least governmental problem, at least by we're going magic by saying we're going to

so and the national audit office cover this in their very detailed report . in their very detailed reportthey sent out a survey, a sort of domesday book survey to all the schools and the trusts last year, asking if they had any wrac present on the basis of that. any wrac present on the basis of that . they then sent out that. they then sent out surveyors to assess the severity of it , and surveyors to assess the severity of it, and they basically put schools into three categories low risk, medium risk or high risk. what happened a little over a week ago was that a ceiling beam fell in in a school that had previously been assessed, assessed as a low risk. so at that point, the whole system went into overdrive and they started playing very safe because ultimately this is about children's safety and double checking everything. and thatis double checking everything. and that is what led to it. so it's just the fact that that beam fell in about a week before the school, although there was a similar situation with another school where that happened back in 2018. now that's that's true. but that

in kent, they've been warned by successive government reports the national audit office has reported they could clean. even this could have come clean. even this summer. a three new mps are expected to be sworn in to the commons as parliament returns after summer recess . after summer recess. >> after summer recess. >> keir mather steve tuckwell and sarah will take their seats on the green benches. it's after winning contest triggered by the departure of three conservative mps, including former prime minister boris johnson . sir keir minister boris johnson. sir keir starmer is expected to reshuffle his shadow cabinet with former civil servant sue gray starting her new role as labour leader's chief of staff. angela rayner is also expected to be offered a new role. meanwhile, labour's promising not to raise income tax if it wins the next general election. sir keir says he'd avoid tax hikes across the board as he pledged to avoid increasing the burden on working people . drivers were hit by one people. drivers were hit by one of the biggest monthly fuel price rises in more than two deca

in kent, they've been warned by successive government reports the national audit office has reportedven this summer they could come even this could have come clean. even this summer . summer. >> summer. >> that was the incoming shadow culture secretary. thangam debbonaire speak on the school's concrete crisis. an independent review says former cabinet minister sir gavin williamson should apologise to mps for bullying the former chief whip. he sent offensive text messages to wendy morton after he wasn't ianed to wendy morton after he wasn't invited to the late queen's funeral. the panel says sir gavin should also take part in appropriate behaviour training a 15 year old boy has admitted a charge of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent after stabbing a teacher in a school corridor. jane sansom was injured at tewkesbury academy in july . the secondary school was july. the secondary school was put into temporary lockdown, along with two neighbouring schools following the incident , schools following the incident, a 21 year old man will spend at least 22 years behind bars after he w

no, we take any official report from the - any official report from the national audit office very seriouslyeriously. we are the first government to have conducted two full surveys of the whole school estate so we know whether west schools in the worst condition are and we can —— where the worst schools are and we can target the spending, not what was happening in previous government before 2010. the recommendations after this came to light some years ago, the concerns around the concrete that was in use, where that hundreds of schools would need to be rebuilt each year. it was nowhere near that number that this government decided to go ahead with rebuilding. so some responsibility doesn't rely with the current government, does it not? —— doesn't it rely with the current government? schools have had issues with the fabric of buildings so we have had the condition surveys to identify in order of priority is the schools that needed to be rebuilt first. 50 schools per year, far more than that were being built in previous governments under the programme which was deeply wasteful in the way it co

but there are fears more schools may be affected after a report by the national audit office injune,th that we only work five days _ it is a myth that we only work five days a _ it is a myth that we only work five days a week as head teachers. and when _ days a week as head teachers. and when you _ days a week as head teachers. and when you have your school across three _ when you have your school across three buildings you have to put in a little bit _ three buildings you have to put in a little bit extra to. | three buildings you have to put in a little bit extra to.— little bit extra to. i am so glad we are able to _ little bit extra to. i am so glad we are able to speak— little bit extra to. i am so glad we are able to speak to _ little bit extra to. i am so glad we are able to speak to you - little bit extra to. i am so glad we are able to speak to you today. i are able to speak to you today. could you, for our audience, to construe a timeline of their you are in your school, doing your business, the kids are happy, the teachers are working, and then you get informed that someth

decision chain at the department for education , as you department for education, as you say, the national audit office. it sounds strange because it sounds like a financial sort of reporting body. but they did a reporting body. but they did a report on this before and highlighted that there was a risk that a certain number of buildings were likely to collapse. as you say . i mean, collapse. as you say. i mean, you expect it's made only a precautionary measure and they're kind of trying to get ahead of it. um, i suspect it's just one of those things that has somehow managed to fall down the kind of priority list. um, frankly, the government has so many things that are in kind of crisis and disarray at the moment that it's quite easy to see how things could slip through cracks. i wouldn't through the cracks. i wouldn't be surprised were other be surprised if there were other kind term problems being kind of long term problems being shunted to side and having shunted to one side and having the kick down the road like the can kick down the road like this because, you know, the government is still trying t

the head of the national audit office accuses him of taking a sticking plaster approach.o blame him. so why does literally everyone else say it is his fault? mr why does literally everyone else say it is his fault?— it is his fault? mr speaker, the professional — it is his fault? mr speaker, the professional advice _ it is his fault? mr speaker, the professional advice from - it is his fault? mr speaker, the professional advice from the i professional advice from the technical experts has evolved over time and indeed, it is something that successive governments have dealt with dating back to 1994. as new advice has come forward, the government has rightly decisively and swiftly acted in the face of that advice. but he talked about school budgets and talked about what i had done but let mejust walking through the facts of actually what that spending review did because he brought it up. he brought it up so possibly he would like to hear the facts. funding for school maintenance and rebuilding will average £2.6 billion a year over this parliament as a result of that spending

however, we know that the national audit office had had put the warning flags up back in june and ofe we got the teaching unions accusing the government of gross incompetence and negligence and labour saying, you know, they really need to get their act together very quickly. yeah well, the warnings have been there for a while, going back to 2018, at school roof 2018, a roof at school roof collapsed in 2021. >> the dfe, the education department in england, recognised the very likely risk department in england, re

back, back two years and it came to a head with a big with a red rating the national audit rating from the national audit offices will try and look at rates they will try and look at rephasing. they'll have rephasing. i think they'll have to with this whole to go ahead with it. this whole project delivered from to go ahead with it. this whole projbeginning delivered from to go ahead with it. this whole projbeginning by delivered from to go ahead with it. this whole projbeginning by political from to go ahead with it. this whole projbeginning by political will.i the beginning by political will. lots upsetting about lots of upsetting concern about it. like the telegraph, it. papers like the telegraph, where used have been where i used to work, have been concerned it for a long concerned about it for a long time now. i think political will is what will get it over the line. if happens. but line. if that happens. but i think politically, politically, it's difficult it's very difficult to act even in the autumn statement. >> you very >> christopher, thank you very much alex crowley much indeed with alex crowley back

the national audit office published information injune saying that a third _ information injune sayingre past their life — third of school buildings are past their life span. so, this is back to a cancellation of the building schools — a cancellation of the building schools for the future programme. we have not— schools for the future programme. we have not had _ schools for the future programme. we have not had a big enough investment in or school— have not had a big enough investment in or school infrastructure in the last in or school infrastructure in the tast13 _ in or school infrastructure in the last 13 years. that means the current — last 13 years. that means the current children are paying for that by being _ current children are paying for that by being taught in buildings not fit for purpose. you by being taught in buildings not fit for purpose-— for purpose. you talk about the surve is for purpose. you talk about the survey is being _ for purpose. you talk about the survey is being done _ for purpose. you talk about the survey is being done by - for purpose. you talk about

the national audit office has reported even this summer they could come clean, even this could have comeamage. but what we've got instead day when instead is on a day when children excited and children should be excited and looking to getting back looking forward to getting back to learning. and looking forward to getting back to got learning. and looking forward to getting back to got childreniing. and looking forward to getting back to got children who and looking forward to getting back to got children who will have we've got children who will have got on their got dressed today, put on their school got their packed school uniform, got their packed lunch, then able lunch, and then not being able to now on the top to go to school. now on the top of three that of the last three years that children had, i think children have had, i think that's because that's a disgrace because children the single children learning is the single best we make country's best way we make our country's future better. but also future better. but it's also morally . there is morally important. there is a moral

offices. labour is demanding an urgent while demanding an urgent audit while the dems described it as a the lib dems described it as a national emergency, which warrants an immediate cobra meeting . there's been a huge meeting. there's been a huge surge in small boats crossing the channel. gb news can reveal around 600 migrants made it to the uk waters in 12 small boats. today people smuggling gangs took advantage of a short improvement in the weather and a very high tide . the number of very high tide. the number of migrants intercepted so far this yearis migrants intercepted so far this year is more than 20,000 rail passengers are facing more disruption as train drivers take part in their latest strike action. up to 20,000 rmt union members at 14 operators have walked out over pay and conditions . meanwhile, members conditions. meanwhile, members of the train drivers union aslef, who were on picket lines yesterday, there refusing to work overtime today . rmt general work overtime today. rmt general secretary mick lynch told gb news earlier he is hopeful for next week's negotiations . next week's negotiations. >> as we go in