Grammar schools segregate children by social class
In 1960 when I passed the 11 plus one of the middle class girls in my class said ‘there must be a mistake, Diane can’t have passed’. She was being…
What We Owe To The Windrush Generation
Today is Windrush Day, a day to honour Caribbeans who made Britain their home after 1948. Elsewhere on this site Patrick Vernon OBE – who led the campaign for Windrush…
Oxbridge Diversity is Important, But Inequality in Higher Education Runs Much Deeper
The revelation last week that Oxbridge continues to recruit the majority of its students from white middle class families in the south east of England comes as no surprise. David…
Social State: Exploding the scrounger myth
Blaming the victim is a tactic with a long and dishonourable history. The caricature of the ‘undeserving poor ‘ was precisely what the Beveridge Report set out to challenge, basing…
Autumn Statement 2021: Seven thinkers share their views
Seven thinkers share their reaction to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, delivered on 3 December 2021. Mark Ferguson, Editor of LabourList The headline announcement of the Autumn Statement – the rabbit…