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WORKING-CLASS candidates are being “systematically locked out” of jobs in top legal and accountancy companies thanks to “poshness tests,” an official report has found.
Alan Milburn, chairman of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, accused elitist bosses of discriminating against candidates by grilling them during interviews and handpicking employees based on education, accents and parents’ wealth.
A study of 13 elite law, accountancy and financial firms carried out for the commission found that 70 per cent of job offers last year went to graduates with private or grammar school education.
NICOLA SARAH HAWKINS explains how an under-regulated introduction of AI into education is already exacerbating inequalities
A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY
Incredibly, US Republican states are systematically dismantling child labour protections, with children transformed back into the cheap, disposable workers of the Dickens era, reports ANDREW MURRAY
