POLITICAL party leaders Tony Blair and William Hague have united to boost funds at a country school.

The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition donated recipes for fish pie and gingerbread to a celebrity cookbook produced by youngsters at Fountains School, Grantley, near Ripon.

The book - designed as the school's millennium project - goes on sale tomorrow.

Headteacher Sue Thomas said the idea first came about as the school celebrated its tenth anniversary last year.

"We decided we would produce a cookery book for the millennium. It started with recipes coming from parents and children and it just grew from there," she said.