Angela
Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, responding to a Teach First
report on access to university, said:
“This is
yet another example of the Government’s shameful record on social mobility.
“In the
poorest postcodes in the country, just one in five young people get to
university; meanwhile, more and more pupils from private and grammar schools
are getting into higher education.
“After
their failed attempt to reintroduce grammar schools, it’s clear that the Tories
have their heads in the sand on social mobility and need to wake up to the
calamity they have created.
“By
trebling tuition fees and cutting maintenance grants, ministers have made
access to university so much harder for those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
“The next Labour government will address the growing crisis
of social mobility by abolishing tuition fees and bringing back maintenance
grants to support students.”
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