The £2m fee which firms have to lodge before they can sponsor an academy school is to be scrapped. Ben King reports.
Biography
He covers the full range of business and consumer stories, from the banking crisis and the housing market to shops, cars and computers.
Before joining in August 2006, he worked as a freelance writer, covering technology and business stories for the Financial Times, The Economist, the Independent, the Mail on Sunday, and the Register.
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