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DfES was his decision to reduce the
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than a top civil servantâ, and his nickname in his previous appointment as permanent secretary at the
Department for Education and Skills was âthe smiling assassinâ. He is also described as âextremely charmingâ, âcivilised and urbaneâ â and a âtough nut'. One of Normington's lasting legacies in the
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