MPs demand urgent action from Oxbridge to widen admissions base

More than 100 MPs have called on the vice-chancellors of Oxford and Cambridge to take “urgent action” to help more disadvantaged students and those from under-represented areas gain an Oxbridge education.The call comes in a letter organised by Labour’s David Lammy and supported by Robert Halfon, the Conservative MP who chairs parliament’s education committee.It follows revelations in the Guardian about Oxbridge’s failure to widen its admissions base.