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| Alan Milburn publishes social mobility report: Politics live blog | Alan Milburn publishes social mobility report: Politics live blog |
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| 10.06am: Vince Cable, the business secretary, has started his evidence to the Leveson inquiry. | |
| You can follow the proceedings on our Leveson live blog. | |
| 10.00am: Andy Coulson, David Cameron's former communications director, has been arrested by Scottish police in connection with an alleged offence of perjury, STV is reporting. | |
| 9.27am: Nick Clegg has given a series of interviews this morning to highlight his plans to extend free pre-school childcare. Here are the main points. I've taken the some of the quotes from PoliticsHome. | 9.27am: Nick Clegg has given a series of interviews this morning to highlight his plans to extend free pre-school childcare. Here are the main points. I've taken the some of the quotes from PoliticsHome. |
| • Clegg said the reforms would amount to "a big change in childcare in this country". | • Clegg said the reforms would amount to "a big change in childcare in this country". |
| We're starting [a pilot] this September, then it goes to 20% of all two-year olds in the country next September and the September after that it goes up to 40% and that's hundreds of thousands of two-year olds for the first time ever receiving free childcare support with these new flexible rules so that families can juggle family and work and all these pressure much, much more easily than they can right now ... I think that's a big change in childcare in this country. | We're starting [a pilot] this September, then it goes to 20% of all two-year olds in the country next September and the September after that it goes up to 40% and that's hundreds of thousands of two-year olds for the first time ever receiving free childcare support with these new flexible rules so that families can juggle family and work and all these pressure much, much more easily than they can right now ... I think that's a big change in childcare in this country. |
| • He defended the government's decision to perform a U-turn on the pasty tax. "I just hope that kind of give and take is something that most people will accept is a sign of a listening government, not a government just charging ahead, not listening to anyone at all," he said. | • He defended the government's decision to perform a U-turn on the pasty tax. "I just hope that kind of give and take is something that most people will accept is a sign of a listening government, not a government just charging ahead, not listening to anyone at all," he said. |
| • He claimed that today's Unicef report saying spending cuts would increase child poverty in the UK did not take into account measures like the pupil premium that would help children from poor homes. | • He claimed that today's Unicef report saying spending cuts would increase child poverty in the UK did not take into account measures like the pupil premium that would help children from poor homes. |
| • He said Alan Miliburn was right to criticise the professions in his social mobility report for not doing more to open themselves up to young people from poor backgrounds. But he stressed that it would take time to make a difference. | • He said Alan Miliburn was right to criticise the professions in his social mobility report for not doing more to open themselves up to young people from poor backgrounds. But he stressed that it would take time to make a difference. |
| You can't turn around something as complex as the lack of social mobility in Britain overnight. Even when there was lots of money sloshing around the system, social mobility still didn't improve, so it's obviously a complex issue which you need to deal with through good times and bad, thick and thin. | You can't turn around something as complex as the lack of social mobility in Britain overnight. Even when there was lots of money sloshing around the system, social mobility still didn't improve, so it's obviously a complex issue which you need to deal with through good times and bad, thick and thin. |
| 9.00am: With the Commons in recess, and the Diamond Jubilee extended bank holiday weekend looming, Westminster politics is not really firing on all cylinders at the moment. But we've got what could be a lively day ahead at the Leveson inquiry, a speech from the employment minister and Alan Miliburn's report on social mobility. Miliburn has been giving interviews this morning and, although there is some evidence that social mobility has stalled in recent years, he struck an optimistic note. I've taken the quote from PoliticsHome. | 9.00am: With the Commons in recess, and the Diamond Jubilee extended bank holiday weekend looming, Westminster politics is not really firing on all cylinders at the moment. But we've got what could be a lively day ahead at the Leveson inquiry, a speech from the employment minister and Alan Miliburn's report on social mobility. Miliburn has been giving interviews this morning and, although there is some evidence that social mobility has stalled in recent years, he struck an optimistic note. I've taken the quote from PoliticsHome. |
| If the pundits and economist are right, then there is the potential for another big social mobility dividend today because the British economy is changing, it's becoming more professionalised. In fact, in the report I publish today I say that around 83% of all news jobs that are going to be created in the next decade will be professional jobs and as a consequence the proportion of employment in the professions will rise from around 42% to 46%, so there's a big potential here, providing there's an equal opportunity for all of those with ability and aptitude and aspiration to get on the professional career ladder and I'm afraid when it comes to that there is a very long way to go. | If the pundits and economist are right, then there is the potential for another big social mobility dividend today because the British economy is changing, it's becoming more professionalised. In fact, in the report I publish today I say that around 83% of all news jobs that are going to be created in the next decade will be professional jobs and as a consequence the proportion of employment in the professions will rise from around 42% to 46%, so there's a big potential here, providing there's an equal opportunity for all of those with ability and aptitude and aspiration to get on the professional career ladder and I'm afraid when it comes to that there is a very long way to go. |
| I'll be looking at the report in more detail when it is published later. | I'll be looking at the report in more detail when it is published later. |
| Here's the full agenda for the day. | Here's the full agenda for the day. |
| 9.30am: Alan Milburn, the government's reviewer of social mobility, publishes a report. As Shiv Malik and Patrick Wintour report in the Guardian, Milburn is accusing the medical profession of "failing to make 'any great galvanising effort' over the past decade to open its doors to poorer students". Patrick has also written an analysis about how the parties disagree on how to promote social mobility. | 9.30am: Alan Milburn, the government's reviewer of social mobility, publishes a report. As Shiv Malik and Patrick Wintour report in the Guardian, Milburn is accusing the medical profession of "failing to make 'any great galvanising effort' over the past decade to open its doors to poorer students". Patrick has also written an analysis about how the parties disagree on how to promote social mobility. |
| 10am: Vince Cable, the business secretary, and Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, give evidence to the Leveson inquiry. | 10am: Vince Cable, the business secretary, and Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, give evidence to the Leveson inquiry. |
| 11am: Chris Grayling, the employment minister, gives a speech marking the first anniversary of the work programme. | 11am: Chris Grayling, the employment minister, gives a speech marking the first anniversary of the work programme. |
| Nick Clegg has also been giving interviews this morning about government plans to extend the free childcare that is available to the parents of young children. | Nick Clegg has also been giving interviews this morning about government plans to extend the free childcare that is available to the parents of young children. |
| As usual, I'll be covering all the breaking political news, as well as looking at the papers and bringing you the best politics from the web. I'll post a lunchtime summary at around 1pm and another in the afternoon. | As usual, I'll be covering all the breaking political news, as well as looking at the papers and bringing you the best politics from the web. I'll post a lunchtime summary at around 1pm and another in the afternoon. |
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