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White working class label ‘unhelpful’ in tackling poverty

by Felicity Collier

THE label “white working class” is divisive and unhelpful in tackling poverty, according to a report published yesterday by the Runnymede Trust and the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class).

The Class think tank and race-equality campaigners Runnymede researchers concluded that working-class people are hit by structural inequalities regardless of race.

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