Nadhim Zahawi faces an uphill battle to get the education system back on track post-Covid. He talks about his approach to recovery – and how he hopes it will boost his party’s fortunes. Photography by Michael Garnett.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi is running late. It’s the morning after the night before, and both Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton have just been lost by the Conservatives. As time ticks by, I wonder whether Zahawi could be about to follow party chairman Oliver Dowden out of the Cabinet; as it turns out, he’s delayed driving to a school visit in his Stratford-on-Avon constituency.
