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A collection of reports which assess the progress that the UK has made towards improving social mobility.
The Social Mobility Commission annual report updates its index, compares international mobility outcomes, and tracks UK long-term geographical disparities.
Presented to Parliament pursuant to section 8B(6) of the Life Chances Act…
Highlights This State of the Nation report updates our Social Mobility…
Highlights The UK probably has similar rates of absolute upward and…
Highlights Our main data source, the Labour Force Survey (LFS), allows us…
Highlights In this chapter we track changes in intermediate outcomes over…
Our report has identified key trends and issues in social mobility across…
1. Data sources In the State of the Nation 2025 and the accompanying…
The Social Mobility Commission's annual report on the state of social mobility in the UK.
Foreword Alun Francis OBE, Chair of the Social Mobility Commission Our aim…
Highlights A person experiences social mobility when they have different…
Highlights The attainment gap between pupils eligible for free school…
Highlights We have developed new composite indices of intermediate…
Next steps The innovative composite indices and geographic breakdowns set…
1. Data sources In the State of the Nation 2024 report, we use a range of…
Progress to deliver the Inclusive Britain action plan containing 74 actions to tackle disparities in education, health, criminal justice and in the workplace.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Alun Francis has been appointed permanent Chair of the Social Mobility Commission (SMC), with Resham Kotecha and Rob Wilson serving as deputies.
SMC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Cabinet Office .
The Social Mobility Commission (SMC) reports on the state of social mobility in the country, building on the fresh approach set out in 2022.
Today (26 June) Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch, has selected the current Interim Chair of the Social Mobility Commission (SMC), Alun Francis, as the Government's preferred candidate for the position of …
Commentary for April to June 2023
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