Social Mobility Commission condemns report as other critics say it is attempt by ministers to ignite culture war
A government watchdog that was consulted on a parliamentary report on disparities in education has condemned its language as “awful”.
Published by the Conservative-dominated Commons education committee on Tuesday, the report said schools could be breaking the law by promoting “divisive” terminology such as “white privilege”.But the Social Mobility Commission (SMC), which monitors progress in improving social mobility in the UK, and contributed to evidence gathering for the publication, described the language it used as “awful”.
