Michael Gove says sorry for errors in school building cuts list

Education Secretary Michael Gove today apologised "unreservedly" for errors in information released about the cancelled schools rebuilding programme.

There were 25 mistakes in a Department for Education list that set out which building projects would be scrapped, reviewed and protected following the axing of the Building Schools for the Future programme.

It means several schools which thought their building projects were safe have now been told they will not go ahead.

Mr Gove announced in the Commons on Monday that the £55 billion programme is to be abandoned, saying it had been beset by "massive overspends, tragic delays, botched construction projects and needless bureaucracy".