Labour is to restrict a civil service summer internship programme to working class students, the Government has announced.
Applications will be limited to those from ‘lower-socio economic backgrounds’ - determined by what jobs their parents held when they were 14 years old.
Children of plumbers, receptionists and van drivers are among those who will be eligible for the scheme, which replaces the current civil service internship programme.
Ministers hope the change will lead to more working class applicants getting a place on the Fast Stream - the main graduate programme for the civil service.
They say it will lead to Whitehall better reflecting the country it serves.
