Telling people to get better jobs is not an answer to the low pay crisis
I spoke to a woman recently who can’t afford to pay her rent anymore. She works, but lately…
Social Mobility
Milburn says Labour’s minimum wage target not ambitious enough
Alan Milburn, the former Labour minister who now chairs the commission on social mobility and child poverty, has…
I don’t want to be socially mobile, ta
Social Mobility. It’s one of those phrases that we bandy about, that we have filed under ‘Good Things’.…
The “privileged few” – Labour’s response to figures that show top jobs dominated by small elite
Trsitram Hunt, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, has responded to today’s publishing of a report by the Social Mobility…
Labour would immediately halt Gove’s A-Level reforms
Labour would move immediately to stop planned A-level reforms after winning next year’s election, Shadow Education Secretary Tristram…
Why Labour people should be thanking (and apologising to) Alan Milburn
“Don’t shoot the messenger,” they always say. But actually where the message comes from is vitally important. When…
Social mobility starts with accepting there’s no such thing as geniuses and imbeciles
Here’s a snapshot of modern Britain for you. Additionally, it may also be a textbook definition of irony.…
Nick Clegg’s talk of social mobility is just words
As a former NUS president, I know the value of post-16 education. I know what role the education…
