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Comment Social mobility is doomed as long as education remains the pursuit of privilege In 2017 Britain remains a deeply divided nation. Those divisions take many forms: class, income, gender, race and… Mike Ion 22nd December, 2017, 7:00 am
Comment From Corbyn to Milburn our party sees how poverty and bad schools hit social mobility – so let’s fix them together The question preoccupying politicians and journalists seems to be the current state of Britain. All roads seem to… Sara Ibrahim 30th November, 2017, 1:15 pm
Comment Class divide has not gone away – Labour must use education to lift all children It is becoming blatantly clear that social class and not gender or race determine how well a child… Stephen Lambert 10th August, 2017, 2:00 pm
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Comment Why I’m backing Diane Abbott to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor They told me not to support Diane in the selection to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor. ‘She’s… Ned Hercock 24th July, 2015, 8:20 am
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Comment Labour’s leadership hopefuls need to ditch ‘aspiration’ and start talking about ‘meritocracy’ As the post-mortem of Labour’s election defeat takes place in the midst of the party’s leadership election, observers… Daniel Cope 3rd July, 2015, 1:04 pm
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