Starmer has no coherent plan for social mobility, says key adviser

Keir Starmer has no coherent strategy to tackle entrenched inequalities that are harming the life chances of millions of people, the government's social mobility commissioner says.

- Josh Halliday North of England editor

A major official report warned last week that young adults in Britain's former industrial heartlands were being left behind as a result of failed or abandoned promises by successive governments. The Social Mobility Commission (SMC), a government advisory body, said big cities such as Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol were starting to thrive but that opportunities were "over-concentrated".