Social Mobility Commission needs beefing up, say MPs

Education committee calls for more powers for body derailed by resignation of its entire board

The government body which promotes social mobility should be given “teeth”, in the shape of additional resources and increased powers, to help drive forward the fight against social injustice, MPs have said.

The Commons education committee warned that without greater powers the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) could “do little to tackle social injustices and give the most vulnerable in society the chance they deserve to climb the ladder of opportunity”.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2u9NupT