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Katharine Birbalsingh sets out her vision for a broader view of social mobility
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Katharine Birbalsingh sets out her vision for a broader view of social mobility
Source: UK Government Nearly six in ten people believe the pandemic has increased the gulf between social classes, according to a new poll from the Social Mobility Commission. The Social Mobility Barometer, 2021, unveils deep concern that social division in Britain has increased as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Four in five adults (79%) now believe there is a large gap between different social classes and over half the public (56%) think the pandemic has increased social inequality. A third (33%) say that inequality has increased by a lot, and 23% by a little, according to the survey of ...