03-12-2017 12:12 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Setback for PM as social mobility tsar Alan Milburn quits over 'unfair' Britain

Theresa May has suffered a damaging new blow with the Government's social mobility tsar quitting and claiming she is failing in her pledge to build a fairer Britain.Alan Milburn, a former Labour Cabinet minister and close ally of Tony Blair, has resigned as chairman of the Social Mobility Commission, along with his Tory deputy, former Cabinet minister Baroness Shephard.In his resignation letter, Mr Milburn claims dealing with Brexit means the Government "does not seem to have the necessary bandw
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