'He's not listening!' Commons erupts after Sunak mocks Starmer for bringing 'prepared scripts' to PMQs

The Leader of the Opposition hit out at Sunak for failing to tackle the concrete crisis which is causing schools across the UK to crumble.

He asked the Prime Minister to commit to publish requests from the Department for Education for the School Rebuilding Programme, as well as publishing "what risks he was warned of before he turned them down".

But Sunak claimed the National Audit Office's report into Labour's School Rebuilding programme found that it "excluded 80 per cent of schools".

The report also said that Labour's programme was a third more expensive than it needed to be, "needlessly wasting resources that have gone to schools".

Sunak added: "The worst part was that that programme only allocated funds on the basis of ideology, with no regard whatsoever to the physical condition of schools.

He said that the independent review described the programme as "time consuming and expensive", adding: "Just like the Labour party".

Sunak went on to say: "I know he comes here with his prepared scripts, but he hasn't listened to a single fact about the record amount of funding going into schools, about the incredible reforms to education impacting the most disadvantaged children in our society, a record that we are rightly proud of.

"And yes, of course he can name the schools, that is because we are reacting to that information and publishing the information - so we know where the issues are.

"Something that we are still waiting for from the Welsh government in Wales.

"Of course he wants to score political points through something that we are dealing with in the responsible way.

"But I do note that he has not mentioned a single other thing that has happened since we last met across these despatch box."