Pressure intensifies to cut 'excessive' school tests
guardian.co.uk     May 10, 2008            

Schools secretary Ed Balls will face new pressure to scale back Labour's school testing regime ... The schools secretary, Ed Balls, will next week face new pressure to scale back Labour's school testing regime with the publication of a parliamentary report arguing that... [read full story]                

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ANALYSIS: No wonder Ed Balls looks bitter ... he's being found out at last

dailymail.co.uk     5 hrs ago   1 related          

Ed Balls was not exactly in a cheery mood when he addressed members of the Westminster Press at the drinks reception he hosted on their behalf on Thursday. Mr Balls is a clever economist and he is very interested in politics....                

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COMMENTARY: So, farewell to prudence

dailymail.co.uk     yesterday   4 related          

New Labour has decided it has little choice but to kick away the last traces of budgetary prudence and turn the clock back to the old days of high borrowing. The decision to re-examine the fiscal rules was taken some time ago.                

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Rugby and the New Zealand Identity

suite101.com     1 hr ago          

How the All Blacks May Influence the 2008 Elections Can the outcome of a game have an impact on who governs a country? As unofficial campaigning for the 2008 national elections in New Zealand gathers momentum, the big issues...                

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Ashcroft bank accused of diverting £5m aid for poor of Belize to its own coffers

dailymail.co.uk     3 hrs ago          

Conservative Party deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft is facing claims that a bank he controls in Belize ‘diverted’ £5million intended to help the country’s poor to its own coffers. It was later revealed that the funds had been...                

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