Two Of Blair's Former Ministers Admit That The Government Has Let Down The Working Class

I blogged on Friday about the Government's terrible failure to improve life chances and career chances for people from working class and more deprived areas. Clearly my anger about this is also shared by people who served in Tony Blair's Cabinet.

On Friday, following a question from me on BBC's 'Any Questions', former DFID Secretary Clare Short described Labour's record on social mobility and inequality as a "massive failure." Today, The Sunday Times is reporting that arch Blairite and ex Health Secretary Alan Milburn has said that the Government has failed "the working class on education", with Minister's "doing little to help poor pupils" use education as an ennabler.

This failure regarding social mobility is not just a political failure,
it is a complete moral failure on behalf of the Government. Ability not background should be the key factor in determining life chances. The fact that this is not the case is a stain on modern Britain. The decline in social mobility since 1997 is a disgrace.

Breaking the glass ceiling in British life has to be a priority for an incoming Government and it would be my absolute priority if elected. Education is absolutely key to smashing this glass ceiling. This Government's failure shows that it has run out of ideas about how to do this. It is time that they made way for people, such as myself, who are absolutely dedicated to advancing social mobility.