Josie Gurney-Read, writing for the Telegraph, discusses new Sutton Trust research regarding the background of the new Cabinet.

According to details published today by the Sutton Trust, half of David Cameron’s new Cabinet were privately educated. This is in comparison with 7 per cent of the general population.

Furthemore, of the 28 new Cabinet ministers, 50 per cent went to Oxbridge. This compares with 32 per cent of backbench Conservative MPs in the 2015 Parliament, and 26 per cent of all MPs, according to the education foundation.

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