Education secretary accused of giving a ‘plum role’ to a close adviser without relevant experience
Gavin Williamson’s nominee to be the head of England’s independent exams regulator has been criticised as unqualified, with Labour accusing Williamson of giving “a plum role to a close adviser” without relevant experience.
The education secretary nominated his policy adviser at the Department for Education (DfE), Jo Saxton, to be the next chief regulator of Ofqual, despite Saxton’s lack of experience in contrast to recent appointees with distinguished careers running regulatory agencies.
