Are white working-class kids being left behind? New claims that white working-class students are being excluded from some Oxbridge diversity schemes have reignited the debate over equality, opportunity and who is being left behind in modern Britain.
Lord Tony Sewell, former Chair of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, discusses reports that white working-class pupils are missing out on university outreach programmes despite remaining one of the lowest-performing groups educationally. Has the drive for diversity created new inequalities, and does Britain need to rethink how opportunity is targeted?
Author and Spectator writer Joanna Williams reacts to the latest row surrounding Andy Burnham, after he dismissed claims he could become Labour’s “first female Prime Minister” amid pressure to appoint more women to senior government roles. Has identity politics gone too far, or is Labour right to focus on representation?
Political writer Brendan O’Neill examines why Labour has seen only a limited polling boost following Keir Starmer’s resignation, despite Burnham’s arrival in Downing Street. Is the public still unconvinced that Labour offers the change Britain wants?
Finally, Maria Bowtell, Head of Local Government at Restore Britain, discusses growing calls for Shabana Mahmood to close legal loopholes that campaigners say are preventing the deportation of a convicted grooming gang leader. Should the Government strengthen deportation powers for foreign offenders?
Education, social mobility, identity politics, Andy Burnham, Labour, grooming gangs, deportation and equality. Are white working-class children becoming Britain’s forgotten generation?
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