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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Keir Starmer vows to smash 'class ceiling' for kids with education shake-up

Keir Starmer will vow to shatter the "class ceiling" that limits working class children from succeeding.

In a speech today, the Labour leader will set out the final plank of his blueprint for Government, where he will promise to "break the link" between young people's success and their parents' earnings.

Mr Starmer is expected to say that class barriers are stifling opportunity for millions and preventing the UK from building the "jobs and industries of the future”.

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