social mobility Articles

Government must take action to narrow the gulf between the earnings of ethnic minority Britons and their white British neighbours, argues Rushanara Ali MP On Monday, the Resolution Foundation published research that laid bare the shocking inequality in the household...

For seven years, the Tories have shortchanged our education system – and our most disadvantaged students are being left behind as a result, writes Lucy Powell MP Wasted talent, frustrated lives and a divided Britain. That is the result of a failure of successive...

Being in the third year of my degree, I know all too well the struggle and pressure that students about to graduate are put under. In October an atmosphere of expectation descends; an expectation that you must apply for jobs that have high job satisfaction, are well...

In 1999, Labour pledged to eradicate child poverty by declaring that ‘no child be left behind’. Whilst in government, it was Labour’s determination to tackle inequality and promote social mobility that saw the creation of Sure Start and the establishment of a National...