Theresa May’s cabinet has the lowest number of privately educated ministers in 70 years

Theresa May’s cabinet has the lowest proportion of ministers who went to private school in more than 70 years, according to a study.

An analysis by social mobility charity the Sutton Trust found that some 70% of the PM’s top table were state educated – 44% were at comprehensive schools and 26% at grammar schools.

Just 30% of members were independently educated – the lowest since the government of Labour’s Clement Attlee in 1945 (25%).

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