The social mobility action plan, entitled ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ was launched today (14 December 2017) by education secretary Justine Greening, with the aim of putting social mobility ‘at the heart’ of education policy.
The plan will target £800m of existing Government investment towards raising the attainment of disadvantaged children across the country, in a move the Government says could boost the British economy by over £20 billion.
It was released in the wake of the resignation of all four members of the Government’s social mobility commission on 3 December.
Alan Milburn, the former Labour minister who had chaired the commission since 2012, said in his resignation letter, seen by the Observer, that he had ‘little hope’ the Government could make the necessary progress to create a fairer Britain.
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