Kenneth Baker has been in the House of Commons and the Lords for 58 years, having previously been a successful businessman. In the Thatcher cabinet he was Environment Secretary, Education Secretary and the Party Chairman and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 2010 he decided that the English education system lacked high quality technical schools and so he started the University Technical Colleges for students aged 14-18; there are now 45 UTCs across the country with 21,000 students at any one time. They are among the best schools in the country. Less than 3% of UTC school leavers join the ranks of the unemployed whereas the national rate is 14% and rising.
