Social mobility is a stark postcode lottery. In 71, largely rural, areas, more than 30% of people earn below the voluntary living wage. Some of the most affluent areas do worse for the poor children than some of the least well-off. | Gaby Hinsliff Read moreThe Liberal Democrat leader, Vince Cable, told the Guardian that for too many people social mobility had become nothing but “an empty buzzword”. “The government urgently needs to take action to improve the prospects of young people in Britain’s rural areas and former industrial heartlands.

Source: The Guardian November 28, 2017 07:00 UTC