School concrete crisis latest: ‘Completely wrong’ to blame me, says Rishi Sunak

The Government must publish a list of buildings affected by the concrete crisis, shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire said, as Labour plans to force a vote to compel its publication this week.

“Today parents, children, staff up and down the country, will be wondering whether it’s their school building that’s at risk, whether their school building is safe for children to learn in,” she told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

Asked whether a Labour government would spend money to rebuild schools, Ms Debbonaire said: “We have no idea how much this is going to cost, so we’d start by publishing the list and the Government should do that today. That will allow us to try and estimate how much it’s going to cost.

“But the second thing, I find it unbelievable that the Government, having waited so long to come clean with parents today, will not do everything possible to fix the problem.

“If they’re really serious about government and for a plan for this country, for our children, they will be doing everything they can to get this problem sorted now, not leave it for another government.”

Labour shadow ministers have been working on how to repair crumbling public services for months, she added.