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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor

Ex-education secretary Gavin Williamson takes £50k second job with education firm

Gavin Williamson
Gavin Williamson will provide general strategic advice to the company on its international expansion. Photograph: Toby Melville/PA

Gavin Williamson has taken a £50,000-a-year second job as an adviser to a firm that runs private schools, university courses and education investments – less than a year after leaving the role of education secretary.

The former chief whip has taken a job as chair of the advisory board of RTC Education Ltd, which has given more than £165,000 to the Conservatives.

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