Social mobility 'improving in UK' (BBC)

...The study said the results "suggest a statistically significant decline in the importance of family background on educational attainment".

But the Conservatives said any improvements were "fractional" at best....

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From BBC's Ouch 13 questions for Mark Hayes

...Originally from Glasgow, he started his fashion career by studying Graphic Design at the city’s School of Art, and it was during this course that he was diagnosed with dyslexia. On graduation, he immediately got a job on the Channel 4 show She’s Got To Have It, having done fashion styling for newspapers and magazines whilst at college. This year, he featured at number 25 in The Guardian’s Top 100 most influential people in the fashion industry. With Dyslexia Awareness Week running between 3rd – 9th November, Mark took a few moments out of his full-on schedule to answer our exceptionally well-dressed questions...