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The Education Secretary Gillian Keegan was played a viral clip of her swearing on a “hot mic” over the school concrete row live on the news. Sky News presenter, Sophie Ridge joked “I wasn’t sure she was going to turn up”, before playing the clip to the palpably uncomfortable minister. In the clip, Ms Keegan appeared unaware she was still being recorded. She said: “Does anyone ever say, you know what, you’ve done a f****** good job because everyone else has sat on their arse and done nothing?” The Education Secretary took part in a series of broadcast interviews on Monday morning (4 September) about the decision to fully or partially close schools in England because of safety concerns about concrete used to build some buildings. More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer reshuffled his top team on Monday morning, moving several key players – and promoting other less well-heard of MPs and allies. Below is the full list of the new positions in […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Pressure is mounting on Rishi Sunak after his education secretary was caught on camera saying others had “sat on their a***” over collapsing schools. Gillian Keegan was filmed voicing her frustrations about the […] More

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Conservationist and TV presenter Chris Packham led a climate change protest by more than 100 scientists in Westminster on Monday. The group gathered outside the Houses of Parliament to greet MPs and demand […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email British lawmakers headed back to Parliament on Monday after their summer break. But thousands of U.K. children won’t be returning to their classrooms this week, because their schools are at risk of collapse […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email A watchdog has ordered Gavin Williamson to formally apologise to MPs for bullying a colleague who did not allocate him tickets to the late Queen’s funeral. The Independent Expert Panel found that Sir […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer reshuffled his top team on Monday morning, moving several key players – and promoting other less well-heard of MPs and allies. Below is the full list of the new positions in […] More

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has promised not to raise income tax if he wins the next general election. The Labour leader said he would avoid hikes “across the board”, having previously ruled out a […] More