NADHIM Zahawi last night blasted heartless unions for hammering kids' life chances by staging crippling strikes in the middle of exams.
Ministers are planning to rush through new laws to stop militant rail unions bringing the country to a standstill.
But they have privately admitted the crackdown will be too late to stop the RMT’s massive train strikes later this month — the biggest in 33 years.
And in yet another blow to millions of commuters, a second union joined the rail strike on June 21.
Mr Zahawi, the Education Secretary, told The Sun: “Kids have been exceptionally resilient these last few years and are bouncing back with the help of our tutoring programme and amazing schools.
