The prize for most improved conduct goes to Ed Balls and Michael Gove.

The prize for most improved conduct goes to Ed Balls and Michael Gove.

Labour is today joining forces with families across England in a campaign to Save Our Sure Start children's centres from David Cameron's plans to cut their funding and prevent access to these valuable services for families on middle and modest incomes. Children's Secretary Ed Balls launched the campaign today as he welcomed the opening of the 3,500th Sure Start children's centr...

Ed Balls, the Children's Secretary, criticises Dr Maggie Atkinson for comments about the trial of James Bulger's killers.

Children's Secretary Ed Balls criticises children's commissioner for "ill advised" comments about James Bulger's killers.

Ed Balls has criticised Dr Maggie Atkinson for her comments about the trial of James Bulger's killers.

Ed Balls, in his infinite fucking wisdom, has decided that Latin is a useless subject in schools. Like Boris Johnson, I am outraged, not least because this is my livelihood at stake. The joy and value of Latin being taught in schools and the defence of it being of course entirely separate from this

Bella Gerens, commenting on Boris' splendid broadside today against the loathesome Ed Balls and his crusade to sideline the teaching of the classic in schools: Could you even begin to grasp the idea of an ablative absolute, or listen with any light of comprehension in your eyes to a discussion of the sexual puns in a poem by Ovid? Students can. Could you find in your shrivelled soul an inclination...

Ed Balls MP, Labour's Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, is today urging people to take a long hard look at the Tories plans for schools. He is challenging the Tories to come clean on how they will pay for their two flagship schools policies – new ‘free market' schools and a national ‘pupil premium'. Earlier today, Ed Balls set out to Parliament...

Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, is today urging people to take a long hard look at the Tories plans for schools. He is challenging the Tories to come clean on how they will pay for their two flagship schools policies &# new ‘free market’ schools and a national ‘pupil premium’. Earlier today, Ed Balls set out to Parl...