AN ACADEMY chain accused of making false claims for government grants is a damning indictment of Tory privatisation, Dave Prentis said today.

The Unison general secretary told TUC Congress that the next Labour government must “act immediately and end privatisation from day one.”

He spoke before last night’s airing of a BBC Panorama programme which revealed that Bright Tribe, a multi-academy trust that runs 10 schools across England, received funding for works that were either not finished or simply never carried out.