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A political row has broken out over claims public money was given to two schools which, the Tories say, have links to Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir. Full Article at BBC News
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Schools Secretary Ed Balls has rejected claims of any "inappropriate use of public funds" in payments to two independent Muslim schools. Full Article at BBC News
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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Kerry Dooley (right) and Tyler, 5, meet the Prime Minister Gordon Brown during his visit to a family intervention project at Bulwell Hall Healthy Living Centre, November 20, 2009 in Nottingham, England. View Photo »
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It is for these reasons that I have decided to appoint Maggie Atkinson to be the next children's commissioner for England and I am delighted that she has accepted that appointment. I look forward to her taking up office on 1 March 2010.
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4:33pm UK, Wednesday November 25, 2009 Miranda Richardson, Sky News Online Ed Balls has said Tory allegations that an "extremist" organisation set up two schools using public money are "unfounded". Full Article at Sky News
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CONCERNED MP Ian Cawsey has reissued an invitation for Education Secretary Ed Balls to see the shocking state of ageing and decaying classrooms in North Lincolnshire. Full Article at Scunthorpe Telegraph
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Phil Karnavas, principal of Canterbury high school, says that despite Ofsted describing education there as 'outstanding', outsiders still view the school as failing. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Kerry Dooley (right) and Tyler, 5, meet the Prime Minister Gordon Brown during his visit to a family intervention project at Bulwell Hall Healthy Living Centre, November 20, 2009 in Nottingham, England. View Photo »
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Alistair Darling and Ed Balls and were last night embroiled in a bitter feud over public spending. The Chancellor slapped down Mr Balls after he launched an audacious bid for a budget increase of £2.6billion over the next three years.
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Video of Ed Balls being interviewed by children in care at the Care Matters conference, 16 Nov.
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Forget the clichés: whitewashes, establishment cover-ups et al. Sir John Chilcot is the right man to head the inquiry which opens for business this week. He has a lucid, forensic intelligence. He knows how government works. Full Article at The Independent
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The Schools Bill guarantees children the legal right to a good education but teachers fear it will allow pushy parents to blame them if youngsters fail to achieve the standards they expect. Full Article at Daily Express
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Edward Michael "Ed" Balls (born 25 February 1967) is a British politician, and Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for the West Yorkshire constituency of Normanton. Since June 2007 he has been Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families. Full Article
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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Arthur Greaves and his son 'AJ' meet the Prime Minister Gordon Brown (centre) during his visit to a family intervention project at Bulwell Hall Healthy Living Centre, November 20, 2009 in Nottingham, England.
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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Kerry Dooley (L) and her partner Arthur Greaves with their sons Tyler, 5, and 'AJ', 10, (R) meet the Prime Minister Gordon Brown during his visit to a family intervention project at Bulwell Hall Healthy Living Centre, November 20, 2009 in Nottingham, E...
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HOVE, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 30: Children's Secretary Ed Balls speaks to pupils in a science lesson during a visit to Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College, September 30, 2009 in Hove, Sussex, England. The visit comes on the penultimate day of the Labour Conference.
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It is for these reasons that I have decided to appoint Maggie Atkinson to be the next children's commissioner for England and I am delighted that she has accepted that appointment. I look forward to her taking up office on 1 March 2010.
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Alistair Darling and Ed Balls and were last night embroiled in a bitter feud over public spending. The Chancellor slapped down Mr Balls after he launched an audacious bid for a budget increase of £2.6billion over the next three years.
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They are depriving another child of their school place. It is theft of a school place which belongs to another child. The Secretary of State [Ed Balls] needs to launch a campaign to persuade parents it is wrong – it is not fair
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Ed Balls boasted that his new diploma was on course to overtake the A-level and become the qualification of choice for young people. But universities aren't impressed, teachers are confused and students have shunned the course. So, in desperation the government spent millions on an advertising campaign ...
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If we are going to be more for example in childcare, for schools, then we're going to have to do some less of other things within that department, as Ed Balls made clear recently
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Ed Balls attacks Tories for 'office block' schools
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