Tories curtailing aspiration by failing to ban unpaid internships, Labour says
Labour’s Justin Madders has accused the government of curtailing aspiration by failing to crack down on unpaid internships…
Social Mobility
These new Tory MPs are making the right noises, but they won’t deliver
New statistics make the recent general election result difficult to comprehend. They show that 78% of people in…
We must be honest about New Labour – its successes and failures
Jeremy Corbyn’s announcement that a future Labour government would no longer pursue social mobility, but would focus instead…
What social mobility means to me – a child of immigrants
Most of my Sundays are spent knocking on doors in my local community in Enfield, home to some…
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…
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…
Tory free childcare policy could further harm poorest, think tank warns
A charity has warned that the government’s 30 hours free childcare scheme could widen the gap between the…
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…
Lucy Powell: We can’t afford not to tackle Britain’s social mobility problem
Social mobility — and the lack thereof for the many — is the defining issue of our time,…
Tell Theresa: The idea of grammar schools as a vehicle to social mobility is a myth
Theresa May has come out again calling for the restoration of grammar schools to kick start social mobility…
