Politics

"Do you want me to tell you how many ranks there are?"

The deal with Centerprise was secured using funds earmarked to rebuild education facilities at risk of collapse.

It is the second £5 million sum to be given to the Conservative Party by an individual this year.

"It’s scandalous that parents are still in the dark about the dangers posed to their children at school because of Rishi Sunak’s reckless decision to slash budgets"

The Refugee Council and other charities have written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Housing Secretary Michael Gove.

The Department for Education (DfE) admitted just four schools have been rebuilt so far under plans to overhaul 500 sites by 2030.

"It's hard to express quite how catastrophic this is in terms of disaster communications," said one Twitter user.

"Should a by-election be called, we make Labour candidate Sarah Edwards the overwhelming 2/9 favourite..."

"The public realm is literally falling around the necks of the next generation," she said.