Private schools offering lavish extracurricular activities give their pupils an unfair advantage and should be forced to share their facilities with state pupils,says a report commissioned by the prime minister.
Former cabinet minister Alan Milburn was asked to look at how course barriers could be broken down in Britain and found that middle-course children whose parents do not swagger in the "right" circles, as well as those from poorer families, and now risk being shut out of professions that occupy become more socially exclusive.
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Source: theguardian.com