Ruth Kelly
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"Ruth Maria Kelly" is an economist and the Senior Manager of HSBC for Strategy and Global Business. She was a United Kingdom/British Labour Party (UK)/Labour Party politician, serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton West (UK Parliament constituency)/Bolton West from United Kingdom general election, 1997/1997 until she stood down in United Kingdom general election, 2010/2010. Previously, she served as the Secretary of State for Transport, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Minister for Women and Equality and Secretary of State for Education and Skills, serving under both Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.

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I came here to do a job which is about raising standards in schools.

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If levels are not sustained, the quality will go down when the money goes.

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Clearly people have their own fortunes to make.

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[An independent school head teacher has said the education system is] in a total mess ... a disaster.

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What Jamie has done is really, really good because it's raised the profile of how important it is for children to eat healthily.

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If there hasn't been significant progress after a year, then the local authority and the school ought to consider a more radical option.

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Well, it's Northern Irish.

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There's the odd case ... where a school stays in special measures for four, five or even six years. And that just can't be right.

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I know everyone says, how does she do it?

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