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[[Sally Morgan]] was a political adviser to former Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] for 10 years.<ref>Decca Aitkenhead, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/may/12/women.labour Behind closed doors],The Guardian, 12 May 2005.</ref> She was was raised to the peerage as Baroness Morgan of Huyton in 2001.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/may/12/women.labour Baroness Morgan of Huyton], House of Lords, UK Parliament, accessed 16 August 2010.</ref>
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[[Sally Morgan]] was a political adviser to former Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] for 10 years.<ref>Decca Aitkenhead, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/may/12/women.labour Behind closed doors],The Guardian, 12 May 2005.</ref> She is a former head of schools regulator [[Ofsted]]. She was raised to the peerage as Baroness Morgan of Huyton in 2001.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/may/12/women.labour Baroness Morgan of Huyton], House of Lords, UK Parliament, accessed 16 August 2010.</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*[[New Schools Network]] - Adviser
 
*[[New Schools Network]] - Adviser
 
*[[Ark Academies]] - Adviser
 
*[[Ark Academies]] - Adviser
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*[[Carphone Warehouse]], non executive director from 2005 to 2010
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*[[TalkTalk]], non-executive director from 2005 to 2010
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*[[Lloyds Pharmacy]] health care advisory panel (date needed)
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*[[Southern Cross]] - non-executive director paid £53,000 a year from 2006-present <ref name="raking"> Geoffrey Levy, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002302/How-onetime-Labour-bigwigs-raking-private-sector.html?ITO=1490 Tony's cronies and snouts in the trough: How one-time Labour bigwigs are raking it in thanks to the private sector], 10th June 2011 </ref>
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*[[Ofsted]] - head from May 2011  <ref name="raking"/> until January 2014 when it emerged that [[Michael Gove]] had axed her from the role by refusing to renew her contract. Gove denied the decision was politically motivated. <ref>Steven Swinford, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10612770/Gove-could-appoint-Tory-donor-as-Ofsted-chairman-as-row-escalates.html Gove could appoint Tory donor as Ofsted chairman as row escalates], The Telegraph, 2 February 2014 </ref>
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 09:37, 14 July 2016

Sally Morgan was a political adviser to former Prime Minister Tony Blair for 10 years.[1] She is a former head of schools regulator Ofsted. She was raised to the peerage as Baroness Morgan of Huyton in 2001.[2]

Affiliations

  • Ofsted - head from May 2011 [3] until January 2014 when it emerged that Michael Gove had axed her from the role by refusing to renew her contract. Gove denied the decision was politically motivated. [4]


Notes

  1. Decca Aitkenhead, Behind closed doors,The Guardian, 12 May 2005.
  2. Baroness Morgan of Huyton, House of Lords, UK Parliament, accessed 16 August 2010.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Geoffrey Levy, Tony's cronies and snouts in the trough: How one-time Labour bigwigs are raking it in thanks to the private sector, 10th June 2011
  4. Steven Swinford, Gove could appoint Tory donor as Ofsted chairman as row escalates, The Telegraph, 2 February 2014