Nadhim Zahawi U-turns on enormous grab for power over schools

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1. Government announces U-turn over Schools Bill academy laws

2. Nadhim Zahawi makes U-turn on schools bill after criticism

3. Schools Bill U-turn forces Nadhim Zahawi to drop plans for draconian powers over academies

Large chunks of education Bill, designed to give civil servants more control over academies, set to be scrapped following Lords rebellion.

Plans to give civil servants more control over schools are to be abandoned after Nadhim Zahawi ordered a U-turn on the Government’s flagship education reforms.