Ed Balls

Polly Toynbee: Unseating Gordon Brown may be Labour's last chance

guardian.co.uk     3 hrs ago   60 related          

Getting rid of the prime minister is a very high risk strategy, but a dying party should be ready to take dangerous medicine The smell of death around this government is so overpowering it seems to have anaesthetised them...                    

Today in Politics: Bring back Blair!

independent.co.uk     9 hrs ago          

By Andrew Grice Come back Blair, all is forgiven. That is the message in a new ComRes poll for The Independent. Tony Blair, it seems, is the only senior Labour figure who could transform the party's electoral prospects....                    

Families face more disruption as biggest teaching union threatens to ballot for rolling strikes...

dailymail.co.uk     9 hrs ago   8 related          

Families face widespread disruption this autumn after the biggest teaching union vowed to hold a ballot for rolling strikes. The National Union of Teachers will next month ask members to turn their one-day April walk-out...                    

Healthy school meal vs a Big Mac. Which one wins? Ask your inner child

guardian.co.uk     yesterday   4 related          

Jamie's school dinners. Photograph: Corbis This week "the most robust nutrient standards for school lunches in the world" come into force in English primary schools. Junk food is already banned from school canteens and...                    

Brown vows to rid Britain from 'dictatorship of oil'

independent.co.uk     yesterday   5 related          

Gordon Brown vowed tonight to free Britain from the "dictatorship of oil" with billions of pounds invested in nuclear and renewable energy sources to counter the effects of soaring world oil prices. In a keynote speech...                    

Why doesn't the BBC's Jim Naughtie think Sarah Palin is a new political star?

dailymail.co.uk     yesterday          

She was widely praised by the world's media for her barnstorming speech to accept the Republican Party's vice-presidential nomination. But despite plaudits from around the world, Sarah Palin's rousing convention address...                    

Faiths and schools: Religious rights and wrongs

economist.com     yesterday   5 related          

A campaign to loosen the grip of the godly on state educationIN BRITAIN, a largely secular country where churches retain their historic role in education, there is little agreement about the place of religion in schools....                    

New pupils forced to study until 17

telegraph.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   17 related          

Pupils starting secondary school for the first time this week will become the first to be banned from leaving education at 16. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor Under new rules, they will be forced to remain in school,...                    

Ed Balls for Labour leader!

libdemblogs.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   1 related          

Okay, it's fantasy politics time. I wrote on Monday about the terrifying thought of Ed Balls as Chancellor. This produced an interesting response from Paul Linford who suggested quite plausibly that the appointment of...                    

Pupils start new diploma course

scotsman.com     03-Sep-2008   8 related          

Schools Secretary Ed Balls visited Newham Sixth Form College in east London to meet some of the students taking the qualification in construction. Around 20,000 students are expected to take up the first five diplomas...                    

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