Jun 25 2007
Social mobility killed by Labour
IT is good to hear even the BBC recognising that social mobility has declined badly in recent years. If education is the main ladder of opportunity, it has been moved away from the children of those on low incomes. The ladders are very firmly rooted in
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John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College...
According to a recent report by UNICEF, the UK is rated the lowest out of 21 OECD countries for child well-being; the UK has a higher proportion of children living in workless households than any other EU country; Child poverty rose last year by 100,000 before housing costs ( the Government’s preferred measure) and 200,000 after housing costs; the incomes of the poorest 20 per cent of households fell in real terms last year, from