Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has apologised for her "choice language" after she was caught complaining about not being thanked for doing a "f***ing good job" over the unsafe concrete crisis.
After an interview with ITV News in Westminster, the cabinet minister criticised others for being "sat on their arses" and claimed the government had gone "over and above" in addressing concerns relating to reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
While her mic was still on she said: "Does anyone ever say 'You know you've done a f***ing good job because everyone else has sat on their arses and done nothing.
"No signs of that, no?"
A Number 10 source said her comments were "wrong" but the prime minister "has full confidence in his education secretary".
Ms Keegan later apologise
More than a hundred schools in England were told they could not fully open just days before the start of the autumn term because of safety fears over the use of RAAC.
Pupils face being taught in temporary classrooms, on different sites or even forced into pandemic-style remote lessons.
d and admitted she was "frustrated with the interviewer" who was "making out it was all my fault".
