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More cronyism at the top
SOLOMON HUGHES takes a look at the background of the new Chief Inspector of Prisons, Gove protégé Charlie Taylor
NEW ROLE:
Charlie Taylor (left) pictured with then education secretary Michael Gove in 2011
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LAST MONTH Justice Secretary Robert Buckland announced that Charlie Taylor, an Eton contemporary of David Cameron and long-running Tory special adviser, is the new Chief Inspector of Prisons.
The Prisons Inspector has to be independent of government, but Taylor’s long association with the Conservatives makes this appointment look cronyish.
Taylor was head of a small school for children with special needs in 2011 when Michael Gove employed him as a special adviser.
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