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Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, appoints Akua Reindorf to EHRC Board

• Updated: 20 December 2021

At the end of their term, SMC Commissioners outline their achievements and hopes for the future in an open letter to the Prime Minister

• Updated: 21 October 2021

With the government looking to level up every region of the UK, Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, today (10th October) announced that Katharine Birbalsingh CBE is the preferred candidate for the role of Chair of …

• Updated: 10 October 2021

Social Mobility Commission launches new sector specific toolkit to encourage socio-economic diversity and inclusion in the creative sector workforce.

• Updated: 29 September 2021

Social Mobility Commission congratulates students on exam results, but stresses that the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their more affluent peers has widened

• Updated: 12 August 2021

Social Mobility Commission calls for end to child poverty as it unveils ambitious plan to put social mobility at the heart of post pandemic recovery

• Updated: 20 July 2021

It is important to look at why places with low social mobility coincide with certain demographic groups, says the SMC.

• Updated: 22 June 2021

New research by the Social Mobility Commission shows that civil servants from poorer backgrounds are less likely to make it to senior levels.

• Updated: 20 May 2021

The Equality Hub begins recruitment for a new Chair of the Social Mobility Commission (SMC).

• Updated: 30 April 2021

Transcript of Kemi Badenoch MP's speech in the House of Commons on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' report

• Updated: 20 April 2021

The SMC is now sponsored by the Minister for Women and Equalities, as part of the Equality Hub, to advise on the importance of social mobility in the UK.

• Updated: 1 April 2021

Student’s choice of post-16 technical course is a driving force of the gender pay gap between the most disadvantaged men and women, according to a new Social Mobility Commission (SMC) report.

• Updated: 30 March 2021

A new poll by the Social Mobility Commission reveals a growing gulf between social classes and a mental health crisis that needs to be addressed.

• Updated: 11 March 2021

The Budget could have gone further to ensure funds will drive the right outcomes for the most disadvantaged, says Social Mobility Commission.

• Updated: 4 March 2021

The government needs to ensure teacher graded exams are fair and to think beyond summer schools in coronavirus education recovery plan, says the SMC.

• Updated: 25 February 2021

The Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, sets out the Government's new approach to tackling inequality across the UK.

• Updated: 17 December 2020

Update from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities on its work, including an extension request and a call to bring social mobility into the government's analysis of inequalities.

• Updated: 17 December 2020

The Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, sets out the government's new approach to tackling inequality across the UK.

• Updated: 17 December 2020

A new report looks at downward social mobility, its impact and the differences between voluntary and involuntary downward social mobility.

• Updated: 18 November 2020

Some families face generations of being disadvantaged, a new report shows.

• Updated: 15 September 2020