UK charity calls for positions of four weeks or longer to be banned to help close social mobility gapYoung people from working-class or disadvantaged backgrounds are being “locked out” of careers by unpaid or...
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Read MorePM offers no hint he will compromise on pay offers as former cabinet minister says nurses key to dealing with NHS pressures. This live blog is now closedThe journalist interviewing Rishi Sunak this morning did not press Sunak on...
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Read MoreKatharine Birbalsingh questions PM’s private life and says he does not look ‘professional enough’The government’s social mobility tsar has said she does not think Boris Johnson is a good role model for...
Read MoreTeacher-assessed grades in lieu of exams benefit those at independent schools and attainment gap with state education widensPrivate schools awarded top grades to 70% of their pupils’ A-level entries as part of a...
Read MoreProf Lee Elliot Major’s comments follow resignation of schools recovery chief over catch-up rowCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA generation of children is at risk of being failed by the...
Read MoreInvestigation finds widespread evidence of students being ridiculed over their backgroundsCase studies: ‘It’s had a lasting impact’Universities must act to eradicate discrimination against working-class...
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