'Schools Secretary Ed Balls was last night accused by a senior Labour MP of cynically using controversial Government education policy to boost his hopes of succeeding Gordon Brown as Labour leader.Former Minister Frank Field said that Mr Balls had ousted Andrew Adonis as Schools Minister as part of a power struggle over the future of the city academies programme, which was established by Tony Blair to give schools more independence from town halls.'
Photo: Frank Field.
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