At PMQs Rishi Sunak hit back at Labour’s flagship Building
Schools for the Future programme.

It was intended to transform the
learning environment with areas of deprivation given priority. But
concerns grew about costs and quality and whether it was targeting the
buildings most in need.

One reason the schools were expensive is they
were commissioned locally, rather than designed to a national template.

In at least one area, Knowsley, where Education Secretary Gillian
Keegan grew up, it left a disastrous legacy.

All six secondary schools
in the borough were demolished and replaced with open plan buildings.

Chaos
followed in some, with behaviour breaking down and teachers leaving due to
stress.

The buildings have since been expensively retrofitted with
classrooms.