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Small Towns Worst Places In Britain For Social Mobility, New 'State Of The Nation' Report Reveals

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Britain’s small towns have the lowest social mobility of anywhere in the UK, a new ‘league table’ has revealed. The independent Social Mobility Commission’s (SMC) annual State of the Nation report found a stark “postcode lottery” determined the chances of poor children across the country succeeding in life. The study lays bare a startling geographical divide, with London and its surrounding areas pulling away from the rest of the country, while many other areas suffering both economically and socially. The SMC, led by former Labour Cabinet minister Alan Milburn, calls on the Government to increase the proportion of spending on those parts of the country that most need it, amid claims that...

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