A multimillionaire Tory donor and the backer of dozens of academies is switching his support to Labour because he believes they will be better for education.
Lord Harris of Peckham is the founder of Carpetright and the sponsor of the Harris Federation which runs 55 schools, mostly in London.
He is a longtime supporter of the Conservative Party and admirer of Michael Gove, who was education secretary until a decade ago. He has donated £1,120,409 in last 20 years and has been giving money to the party since the 1980s.
Now Harris says he believes the Tories are out of ideas and has described Bridget Phillipson, the shadow education secretary, as impressive.
In a letter to The Times, he writes: “Fourteen years ago radical
