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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Keir Starmer to say class ceiling must shatter to let children get ahead

Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer will also pledge to bring dedicated ‘child poverty reduction specialists’ into the education system. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty

Britain needs to shatter its snobbish “class ceiling” that prevents children from getting ahead, Keir Starmer is to argue in a speech setting out his fifth and final “mission” aimed at removing barriers to opportunity.

Speaking at a college in Gillingham, Kent, the Labour leader will argue that students must be taught creativity and the “human” skills that cannot be done by computers, advocating a shift in focus for the artificial intelligence age.

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