Lord Nash is a former schools minister, non-executive director at the Department for Education and lead non-executive director across government.
Nearly 20 years ago, encouraged by the Labour peer Lord Adonis, I joined the revolution to create academy schools in Britain. Ten years later, encouraged this time by the editor of this magazine, I became a minister responsible for academies and free schools. What hope do we have of turning this country round if we
This weekend, Pat McFadden, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, announced that he is attempting to improve the performance of the civil service. I genuinely wish him luck, but I am not optimistic. After a decade in and around government – including five years as a schools minister – I am convinced the Whitehall
