Rishi Sunak has furiously demanded Keir Starmer “get his facts straight” before “he jumps on the latest political bandwagon”.
Taking to the Commons dispatch box for the first time since the summer recess, Rishi Sunak slammed the Labour leader for never raising school rebuilding prior to the RAAC headlines.
“He talked about school budgets and talked about what I had done, but let me just walk him through the facts of what that spending review actually did given he brought it up.
“Funding for school maintenance and rebuilding will average £2.6bn a year over this parliament as a result of that spending review, which represents a 20 percent increase on the years before.
“Far from cutting budgets – as he alledges – the amount spent last year was the highest in decades. That spending review maintained the school rebuilding programme, delivering 500 schools over a decade – a pace completely consistent with what had happened previously.”
Rishi Sunak also pointed out that during the debates on the spending review in question, Labour “did not raise the issue of RAAC one single time”.
Mr Sunak slammed Sir Keir, telling him: “Before he jumps on the next political bandwagon, he should get his facts straight!”
