Nick Clegg: Nanny state? No. State nannies? Yes
Interviewed in today’s Independent on Sunday, Nick Clegg has called for 65,000 nursery workers to be recruited as part of his social mobility drive. … Read the full post »
Social mobility
Read my posts about social mobility, a topic often popular with politicians but where their comments often betray a basic misunderstanding of how the public view the phrase.
Young people talk of benefits Nick Clegg’s social mobility initiative will bring
The Business Compact has got heavyweight backing from firms with a total turnover of over £500 billion. … Read the full post »
Nick Clegg’s social mobility drive wins backing from banks and law firms
Banks and law firms in London today backed Nick Clegg’s campaign to open up recruitment to all social backgrounds. … Read the full post »
A footnote to my praise for Jeremy Browne
In recently praising Jeremy Browne for arguing that the Liberal Democrats must guard against being pigeonholed as only being interested in issues that do not win much public support, I added a caveat about how his broader vision of what the Liberal Democrats should be for (social mobility – yuk) showed how inconsistent senior Liberal Democrats … Read the full post »
Farewell alarm clocks and hello John Major: Nick Clegg’s new strategy
Nick Clegg said, “We want a truly open society, in which every man and woman will be able to go as far as their talent, ambition and effort take them”. … Read the full post »
Jeremy Browne: absolutely right
The Lib Dems are defined by a relatively small set of issues that are relevant and significant but do not give a rounded picture of what the Liberal Democrats are in government in order to achieve. … Read the full post »
Fashion industry faces intern crackdown
It is good to see Nick Clegg’s push to sort out internships reaching another industry. After public relations, now it is the turn of the fashion industry. … Read the full post »
Inequality: the latest data on what the public thinks
While 75 per cent agree that the income gap between rich and poor is too large, only just over a third (35%) believe government should redistribute more to solve the problem. … Read the full post »
Individual electoral registration, credit and social mobility
One aspect of electoral registration, and the potential problems with making registration voluntary, is the knock-on effect on credit and social mobility. … Read the full post »
Housing: six things that could be done
As Tim Leunig pointed out last week, housing plays an important role in most people’s concept of social mobility. But what to do about it? … Read the full post »