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The UK’s poor track record of social mobility means that people’s life chances are too dependent on their parents’ income, rather than their own education & ability, says the TUC as it publishes a new report on social mobility (Dismantling the Barriers to Social Mobility). It warns that the UK has the joint highest level of earnings persistence – the extent to which people’s incomes are associated with those of their parents – amongst advanced economies, along with Italy.
The report analyses the UK’s track record on 7 key factors influencing social mobility and compares its performance to that of other advanced economies. It highlights 4 factors – income inequality, childhood poverty, full-time women’s employment and the link between family background & educational performance – where the UK lags behind most other advanced economies and suggests that political parties should prioritise these issues in order to make genuine inroads into encouraging greater social mobility.
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