Cabinet Reshuffle Sees Increase In Privately-Educated Ministers

Theresa May’s new Cabinet has five times more privately-educated people than in the general population, analysis has revealed.Of the 23 ministers who make up the Government’s top team, 34% attended fee-paying schools - up from 30% in May’s first Cabinet in July 2016, social mobility charity The Sutton Trust has discovered.According to the Independent Schools Council, just 6.5% of pupils in the UK are educated privately.As well as an over-representation of private school al