All four members of the board of the Social Mobility Commission have quit in protest at a lack of support from government. Alan Milburn became chair of the Social Mobility Commission in July 2012. In his resignation letter to Prime Minister Theresa May, Alan Milburn, a former Labour Health Secretary, who took up the role in July 2012, said individual ministers such as Education Secretary Justine Greening have shown a deep commitment to social mobility, but added that it has “become obvious that the government as a whole is unable to commit the same level of support”.
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