Category - Marginalised & Excluded

Sadiq Khan has given his backing to a proposal from the Fabian Society to establish a British slavery museum in London in order “to deepen our understanding of the past and strengthen our commitment to fight racism and hatred in all its forms”...

Many years ago, I trained to be a secondary school English teacher. I have always been passionate about the joys and benefits of reading. Usually, when the Government talks about reading, the focus is on literacy. And of course, literacy is key to...

Nearly two-thirds of Boris Johnson’s first Cabinet were privately educated, research suggests. The proportion of former independent school pupils is higher than David Cameron’s 2015 top team and nearly twice Theresa May’s in 2016, the Sutton Trust...

This joint report by CLASS and the Runnymede Trust follows a year-long study assessing how people across 14 London boroughs identified in terms of class and race. The report found that interviewees firmly rejected the ‘dehumanising’ way that public...

Each year hundreds of unaccompanied children claim asylum in London. Children arrive seeking refuge from war and persecution in countries across the world. These young people survive mass killings, escape from being recruited as child soldiers and...

Since 2010/11, successive UK governments have chosen to impose a programme of austerity in an attempt to reduce the budget deficit. This period of austerity is set to be the longest pause in real terms spending growth on record. However, there is a...

The Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Commission explored the backgrounds of around 5,000 individuals in high ranking positions across a broad range of British society and discovered that inequality and privilege endure with opportunity denied to...

Council leaders have warned that the “piecemeal” nature of government funding is hampering their efforts to tackle youth homelessness. The concerns have been raised by the Local Government Homelessness Commission (LGHC), which has...