He delivered on-the-ground coverage of the military build up in Iraq and Kuwait in 2003, including embedding with the 1st Battalion of the 7th Marines.

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It was a reform of secondary education - including Excellence in Cities and the specialist schools and academies programmes - tackling failing schools systematically and embedding higher standards and a culture of aspiration school by school.

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