Put simply, in 2010, the Conservatives cancelled building work on schools. Many of these schools are now shut or partially shut due to the risk of a roof collapsing on pupils. Starmer pointed this out in PMQs and Sunak attempted to duck and weave and to even imply that Labour had some responsibility for this by not raising it enough.
I am sure his words will stick with some, but put simply, the Conservatives have been in power since David Cameron became Prime Minister in 2010 and they have had thirteen years to sort this out, or as appears to have happened , ignored it and hoped that this would only become an issue after he next election.
The Conservatives are right in that most schools do not have the structural issues that had put many children at risk. But tell that to the children who cannot return to school, or are having disruption to lessons thanks to these cuts.
