Labour '2-0 down to Conservatives'
Updated on 07 September 2008
Labour is "two-nil down" to the Conservatives in the race for the next General Election, one of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's closest allies has admitted.
But Schools Secretary Ed Balls insisted there was "still a lot to play for" and - in a message directed squarely at former Cabinet minister Charles Clarke - urged fellow Labour MPs to stick together and "stop jeering at the manager".
In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, Mr Balls signalled that he will this week unveil a £75 million scheme to help up to 50,000 couples where one parent works to pay for childcare to allow the other to get skills training.
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