Boots the Chemists chairman Sir Christopher Benson has been appointed to head a new government quango which will di...
Boots the Chemists chairman Sir Christopher Benson has been appointed to head a new government quango which will distribute £2 billion to opt out schools in England next year, the Guardian reports (p2).
The appointment was criticised by the NUT and Labour's education spokeswoman Ann Taylor which dubbed it as 'jobs for the boys', the Guardian adds.
The paper reports Sir Christopher as saying that he had been a school governor. He is to quit as Housing Corporation chairman next year.
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