Written off as a Blairite, the new Transport Secretary has made a startling new beginning in a job that he has always wanted When Lord Adonis, the man behind New Labour's controversial shake-up of the education system, left the education department for a new job looking after the nation's railways, the end looked nigh for the most Blairite of Blairites. It was seen as a hint that he would not last long under the leadership of Gordon Brown and that his drive to relaunch struggling schools with private money had lost favour. His relocation to the Department for Transport (DfT) was written up as an unwelcome consolation prize for a politician on the way out. However, that version of events was laid to rest in the mind of one political rival upon their first visit to Lord Adonis's new office. Two documents lay on his desk. One... [read full story]
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The six years he spent in a children's home shaped his education policy. It may also explain why the transport minister Andrew Adonis is still brimming with enthusiasm for his new job, despite the collapse of National Express...
The six years he spent in a children's home shaped his education policy. It may also explain why the transport minister Andrew Adonis is still brimming with enthusiasm for his new job, despite the collapse of National Express...
Ruth Kelly, Ed Balls, Gordon Brown, Andrew Adonis,Baron Adonis, Norman Baker, Geoff Hoon, Tony Blair, Ground Transportation, U.K. Cabinet and Departments, U.K. Government, UK Political Parties, Transportation, Public Education, Reforms, Education, Rail Transport, National Express, U.K. Department for Transport, Labour Party
