It adds: “The findings demonstrate the low levels of social mobility in Britain and its implications for the diversity of experience within Parliament.”
Michael Settle reported on new Sutton Trust candidates’ research for the Scottish Daily Record.
Half of the Conservative Party’s General Election candidates and one in five of Labour’s candidates were privately educated compared to just seven per cent of the population as a whole, a new survey has found.
It adds: “The findings demonstrate the low levels of social mobility in Britain and its implications for the diversity of experience within Parliament.”
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