Watch again: Rishi Sunak faces Starmer at PMQs as pressure mounts over school concrete crisis

Rishi Sunak faced Sir Keir Starmer in PMQs for the first time since parliament returned from its summer break.

The prime minister came under pressure to declare what he knew about the crumbling concrete crisis in schools as he clashes with the Labour leader in the House of Commons on Wednesday 6 September.

Mr Sunak became embroiled in the row after one of his ministers suggested he approved for 50 schools to be rebuilt a year when he was chancellor, rejecting an application for 200 to be given the same treatment.

Concerns over reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) have caused more than 100 schools in England to partially or fully shut.

Mr Sunak is likely to be grilled by Sir Keir on the funding made available to tackle faulty classroom concrete when the two face off.

Labour has already signalled it will look to use an arcane parliamentary mechanism to discover what the prime minister knew about the crisis during his tenure in the Treasury.

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