My contribution in the #SchoolSafety debate today (06/09/23) highlighted the Govts disgraceful handling of this RAAC crisis.
The PM and Ministers seek to gaslight the whole country into believing everything is okay.
This Govt lie, spin and jeer but they know our schools & this country are falling apart because of their actions.
Communities neglected and left paying the price of Tory Chaos, whilst ministers, their spouses and their cronies get richer.
From the cost of living crisis, food and energy bills, to our waters, schools, our NHS – every part of our country is falling down.
Right now we have thousand of parents petrified because of this concrete crisis while at the same time we have a PM with feet made of clay.
We need a General Election so that we can start clearing up the mess they have caused.
Full text of Kate’s contribution:
Earlier today the Prime Minister said that he had acted decisively on RAAC.
Earlier this week, the Minister said that schools where critical RAAC was identified had been fixed immediately.
As we have come to expect from this Government, neither of those statements are true.
St James RC Primary school in my constituency had critical RAAC identified in June and action wasn’t taken immediately, or at all. They were told they could open in part and then, as many others, received just 24 hours notice that the school had to close in full.
Schools would not be in this position had this Government acted decisively. They have known RAAC was unsafe since 2018, they could and should have taken action much earlier.
Decades of cutting money from vital public services have literally left buildings crumbling and left our kids at risk, sitting in unsafe buildings.
This Government’s decisions have left all of our public services on their knees, not just our schools but crumbling hospitals, courts and not just the buildings but whole services have collapsed.
Staff too are being failed – workers in schools, the NHS, Local Government have all been left propping up services – huge increases in workload, coupled with real terms pay cuts, has also left public sector workers at the point of collapse.
We know that this Government’s rhetoric on levelling up is yet more untruths and we know why, the Prime Minister boasting about moving money from poorer areas to richer areas, cutting tax on champagne, spending millions on new offices, whilst our Northern communities like Hebburn, Boldon, Jarrow and Gateshead in my constituency, are left behind.
Communities neglected and left paying the price of Tory Chaos, whilst ministers, their spouses and their cronies get richer.
The benches opposite attempt to gaslight the country into believing everything is okay. Despite their panto screaming during PMQs, they know the reality is 13yrs of Tory Govts has ruined our country.
From the cost of living crisis, food and energy bills, to our waters, schools, our NHS – every part of our country is falling down.
The Secretary of State likes to keep saying that decisions were “nothing to do with me” – but the fact our schools and this country are falling apart is absolutely on them.
Right now we have thousand of parents petrified because of this concrete crisis while at the same time we have a PM/Sec of state with feet of clay
They need to accept their time is up and move aside so that we can start clearing up the mess they have caused.