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 * life peer since May 2005
 * one of the key figures in the Blair advisory team rise ranks inner workings
 * transport sec: Controversial high speed rail, heathrow expansion planning
 * special adviser No 10 - Policy Unit
 * in favour of elected House of Lords
 * guardian
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/search?q=lord+adonis&section=
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/search?q=andrew+adonis&section=
 * deprived background, Cameron admirer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/search?q=andrew+adonis&section=

Career 1987-91: Oxford city councillor for Lib Dems. 1988-91: research fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. 1991-96: public policy correspondent, industry correspondent and public policy editor at FT. 1996-98: political columnist and contributing editor at the Observer. 1998: adviser in the prime minister's policy unit. 2001-03: head of policy, prime minister's office. 2003: stepped down to write official biography of Roy Jenkins, but retained post of senior policy adviser. 2005: created a life peer and appointed parliamentary secretary, Department for Education and Skills http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/oct/28/politics.schools?INTCMP=SRCH

http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/andrewadonis

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/05/lord-adonis-profile-cabinet-shakeup

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/20/lord-andrew-adonis-profile

http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/news/article/144/andrew-adonis-announced-as-new-director-of-the-institute-for-government

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4530433.stm