After all the talk of social mobility, it seems outright weird to support later life at the expense of earlier years that settle the chances of getting ahead.
There is always a risk with talk of "social mobility" that the scope is too narrow and it quickly degenerates into a justification for inequality rather than as a means for tackling it.
For all the talk of social mobility, many are passed from father to son; they are less meritocratic than big chains like McDonald's, which offer career paths from shop floor to management.
While huge inequalities exist there can be no serious talk of social mobility or meritocracy, and careers advisors up and down the country will have to keep on lying to our children.
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In an entirely predictable error (which Clegg also made), Gove talked of social mobility as if it could be injected into poorer children at school, ignoring all the evidence that shows life chances are largely determined by background and household income.
"The Government's talk of prioritising social mobility will ring hollow if ministers do not champion early intervention services so that children get the best start in life".
"But they will feel a need to talk about a lack of mobility -- a lack of access to the American Dream".
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