Labour to limit Civil Service internships to working class applicants

Candidates will be judged based on what jobs their parents did when students were 14

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Candidates will be judged based on what jobs their parents did when students were 14

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Applications will be limited to those from 'lower-socio economic backgrounds' - determined by what jobs their parents held when…

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Minister says programme will help ensure Whitehall has ‘broadest range of talent and truly reflects the country’

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Civil service internships will be given out based on applicants’ parents’ jobs when they were 14

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An embrace of meritocracy would surely be morally and practically preferable to further clumsy attempts at social engineering

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Plans to update Equality Act could force schools to prioritise pupils from a working-class background, Tories claim

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