He taught in three comprehensive schools - two of which were social priority schools - and in 1986 gained his first elected position on the Inner London Education Authority.
However, the Government's hand was forced when an amendment was tabled in the House of Commons by Norman Tebbit and supported by Michael Heseltine to abolish the ILEA altogether.
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In the May 1986 elections, each London Parliamentary constituency elected two members of the ILEA.
In 1986 various newspapers reported that a copy of the book was provided in the library of a school run by the Labour-controlled Inner London Education Authority.
He was also a member of the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1978 to 1981, where he served on the Development and Schools Committees.
He graduated from the University of London, with a First Class Honours degree in Education and a Certificate in Education (teaching qualification), and became a secondary school teacher in Wandsworth with the Inner London Education Authority (1971–72).
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