gillian keegan�*s old school, a comprehensive in knowsley called st augustine's, was nicknamed st disgustingit was shut down a couple of years after she left. like most kids at her school, gillian left at the age of 16 and went to be an apprentice at a car factory. now, that was a springboard as we'll hear for a very successful business career. she went on to be the commercial director at mastercard, chief marketing officer at a big travel firm called travelport. her boss, now, rishi sunak, says a good education is the closest thing we have to a silver bullet when it comes to making people's lives better. gillian keegan, welcome to political thinking. thank you for having me. now, just a month ago, i interviewed the new education secretary, kit malthouse, here on political thinking. and my first question was something along the lines of what's it like being the fourth education secretary in five months? you're now the fifth education secretary in six months. it's not good enough, is it? well, you can't get too much education, can you? but, i mean, clearly, as a party, we've been through, you

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backing from gillian keegan but still lots of questions for rishi sunak to ask.— still lots of questionsy one that sir keir _ sunak to ask. yes, and i think the key one that sir keir starmer i sunak to ask. yes, and i think the i key one that sir keir starmer might go on is why rishi sunak decided it was wise and sensible to bring gavin williamson back into government, knowing and he had been told this on the day he was appointed, that there had been a complaint put forward by the x chief whip 20 morton to tory party hq about all those messages she received from gavin williamson, around what he felt was the unfair allocation of tickets to the queen of the s funeral. we are told rishi sunak news that a complaint had been made and he must have known that gavin williamson is a controversial figure within the tory party but felt it was prudent to have him inside the tent, rather than outside it. he had rishi sunak during the summer campaign and knows how to operate westminster and rishi sunak must have felt that was an asset to have inside his government. i thought it was striking that in hi

what is your message to gillian keegan? what is your message to gillian kee . an?e could go backwards very quickly so the message is to look at what will make a difference. we know there is limited funds, we know that, but some good targeted funding would help. it is the first time in my career as a head teacher and a chief executive that the pay award has not been funded. 5% is a lot in a £45 million pay bill. she talked about _ lot in a £45 million pay bill. she talked about huyton schools when she was growing up, as well, and of course things are different there now and i'm sure that is how you want to keep it. thanks forjoining us. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. here's holly hamilton. good afternoon. there's been widespread condemnation of comments from one of qatar's world cup ambassadors who said homosexuality was the result of damage to the mind. in the interview with german broadcaster zdf, khalid salman — who is an ex-qatari footballer — also said that while gay visitors would be respected, "they have to accept our rules." homosexuali