social class Articles

We need to think differently about the class divisions in today’s society, says Kitty Ussher Sometimes it feels very un-British to talk about class. But, without it, we struggle to get a handle on the tensions in British society today, let alone what can be done about...

When Michael Young coined the word ‘meritocracy’ in 1958, it was to describe a dystopian society stratified, not by class, but by intelligence tests and academic attainment. It was written as satire and meant as a warning. It was a dig at the contemporary education...

Among the acres of newsprint devoted to plans to charge foreigners to use the NHS one suggestion is especially troubling: a proposal to deny foreign women access to free abortions. This isn’t going to be about the rights and wrongs of charging for the NHS – although...