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| Labour social mobility plans due | |
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| Labour's plans to increase social mobility are to be unveiled. | |
| The proposals will encourage top professions and universities to attract people from deprived backgrounds. | The proposals will encourage top professions and universities to attract people from deprived backgrounds. |
| It follows ex-cabinet minister Alan Milburn's report saying professions like medicine and law were dominated by people from affluent families. | It follows ex-cabinet minister Alan Milburn's report saying professions like medicine and law were dominated by people from affluent families. |
| Meanwhile, the Conservatives are set to launch a raft of proposals aimed at improving the quality of teachers by requiring higher qualifications. | Meanwhile, the Conservatives are set to launch a raft of proposals aimed at improving the quality of teachers by requiring higher qualifications. |
| The plans, to be unveiled by Tory leader David Cameron, would also involve a scheme to persuade high flyers from other professions to become teachers instead. | The plans, to be unveiled by Tory leader David Cameron, would also involve a scheme to persuade high flyers from other professions to become teachers instead. |
| BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said Labour's social mobility proposals were part of Gordon Brown's attempts to "portray Labour as the party of aspiration". | BBC political correspondent Carole Walker said Labour's social mobility proposals were part of Gordon Brown's attempts to "portray Labour as the party of aspiration". |
| Mr Milburn reported that careers such as law and medicine were dominated by people from affluent backgrounds. | Mr Milburn reported that careers such as law and medicine were dominated by people from affluent backgrounds. |
| The "vast majority" of his 88 recommendations are being accepted by the government and the former minister will help to establish a commission to track progress. | The "vast majority" of his 88 recommendations are being accepted by the government and the former minister will help to establish a commission to track progress. |
| Student loans | Student loans |
| A new forum will tell the top professions to come up with plans to widen their pool of recruits. | A new forum will tell the top professions to come up with plans to widen their pool of recruits. |
| And a national internship service will give experience of these careers to more students and graduates. | And a national internship service will give experience of these careers to more students and graduates. |
| However, the Conservatives have questioned why Labour had not done more to improve social mobility after 12 years in power. | However, the Conservatives have questioned why Labour had not done more to improve social mobility after 12 years in power. |
| Elsewhere, Tory leader David Cameron will use a speech in south London to highlight how his party aims to improve the quality of teaching in English state schools. | Elsewhere, Tory leader David Cameron will use a speech in south London to highlight how his party aims to improve the quality of teaching in English state schools. |
| Mr Cameron is expected talk about the importance of teacher quality on children's education and how to get more good teachers into the classroom. | Mr Cameron is expected talk about the importance of teacher quality on children's education and how to get more good teachers into the classroom. |
| The plans include raising the bar to entry, paying student loan repayments of top maths and science graduates if they become teachers, and a new scheme called Teach Now aimed at getting more experienced people from other walks of life into teaching. | The plans include raising the bar to entry, paying student loan repayments of top maths and science graduates if they become teachers, and a new scheme called Teach Now aimed at getting more experienced people from other walks of life into teaching. |