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Submitted by saralexis on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 12:42pm
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"The Children's Secretary Ed Balls stood by ambitious new plans for education reforms today, including a legally enforceable right to one-to-one or small group tuition where pupils fall behind in school.
Mr Balls admitted that "tough decisions" would have to be made to get value for money but insisted the Government was committed to introducing the reforms.
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