Government accused of 'total failure' to widen elite university access

Number of disadvantaged students at Russell Group institutions virtually unchanged since 2010Ministers have been accused of a “total and abject failure” to widen access to top universities for disadvantaged students, after analysis by the Labour party found the proportions attending Russell Group universities had increased by only one percentage point since 2010.Separately, research by a group of Labour MPs suggests pupils from towns are less likely to attend university than those fr