Minister defends government’s record on school buildings

Cabinet minister Grant Shapps defends the government’s record on school buildings, saying “the budget was increased by a quarter in 2021”. The defence secretary insists schools have been built or refurbished at a rate of up to “500 a year”, he also plays down the numbers of schools impacted as being “100 out of 22,000” which he says is a “different scale” from closures due to Covid. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn