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CLAIMS that wealthy donors could receive knighthoods and peerages by giving large sums of money to Tony Blair's flagship city academy programme were dismissed as "total nonsense" last night.
Des Smith, a council member of the trust that helps recruit sponsors for the city academies in England, reportedly said gifts to one or two of the schools might win an OBE, CBE or knighthood, while a peerage would be "a certainty" if a donor gave to five.See the full content of this document
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Claims of Honours for Academy Cash 'Nonsense'
Six academy sponsors who have made gifts since the controversial programme to establish 200...
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