London's top law firms have pledged to tackle their exclusive 'old school tie' image by earmarking hundreds of work experience places for state school pupils from poorer families... more
David Cameron is in danger of losing one of his closest and most senior allies at No10 amid Tory jitters that the Coalition is retreating from truly radical policies... more
Nick Clegg tears open Coalition tensions over the renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent on his first day as stand-in for Prime Minister David
Cameron... more
Gordon Brown always confused academic ability with a duty to govern and then, in turn, confused this duty with entitlement. Matthew d’Ancona examines what lay behind the Prime Minister’s sudden resignation... more
Downing Street denounces as 'prejudiced' new claims of Gordon Brown having private tantrums, including that he was reduced to shouting at Tony Blair: 'You’ve ruined my life'... more
The report by the former health secretary, Alan Milburn, into social mobility which is published today contains a bold bid for mass appeal: its claim that the middle classes are being excluded from the professions... more
Pupils as young as nine would get career advice under radical plans to stop middle and working class children missing out on life opportunities... more
Top state schools will get extra cash to teach more working-class children in a scheme which has received enthusiastic backing from the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats... more
The Government wants, rightly, to broaden opportunities. But imposing equality by law is not the way to do it – the answer lies, again, in our schools... more
If Labour is serious about improving social mobility in the professions, I will take its new equality champion, Alan Milburn, up the road from my Islington home to Canonbury Primary School to show him how bad London has got.... more
Ruth Kelly is the latest in a line of ministers who quit to spend "more time with the family" - a euphemism for frustration since Norman Fowler left the Thatcher Cabinet in 1990... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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