…person in that role to have attended a state comprehensive. How does the new cabinet compare to previous cabinets? Although the privately educated proportion of Johnson’s cabinet is considerably higher…
Britain’s most powerful people 5 times more likely to go to private school
…2014, when 22 per cent of then Labour leader Ed Miliband’s shadow cabinet were privately educated. Of current MPs in the House of Commons in 2017, 29% come from a…
Money matters
…for free school meals are aware of their rights to free transport to a choice of three schools within six miles of their home (or up to 15 miles for…
Graphic Inequality
…world). At the same time good comparative data is devilishly hard to come by and offers mainly correlational not causal evidence. There are, however, five graphs that provide key insights…
Best apprentices earn £50,000 more than many graduates
…ingrained negative culture of apprenticeships that exists amongst teachers, parents and young people alike.” Alice Roberts, 21, apprentice at Jaguar Land Rover, said: “I think apprenticeships offer lots of advantages…
More women and ethnic minorities in a house to better reflect Britain
…House of Commons has become more representative of the country. Two thirds of the new intake attended a comprehensive compared with 44 per cent of those re-elected. Much of this…