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A 2016 survey by British Social Attitudes found that 60 per cent of us consider ourselves working-class. That figure includes 47 per cent of people employed in professional and managerial occupations.
The British public fit in seven different classes based on economic, social and cultural measures rather than three, a new survey has found.
In a world that is more connected than ever, we’ve seen how cultural differences can lead to conflict and misunderstanding, ...
News UK News Austerity Britain British people are more likely to fall down the social class ladder than climb it The experience of upward mobility has become less common, and going down the social ...
In his new book, Social Class in the 21st Century, Savage delves deeper into the Great British Class Survey findings from 161,000 people.
The latest edition of the British Social Attitudes report found that three in four people believe their standing in society impacts the opportunities they have in life.
An American-style pursuit of wealth has finally defeated the British obsession with social class, the author Martin Amis has claimed. Sending a child to Eton College was once a class statement.
While Thatcherism understandably resurfaces in many conversations about British social documentary photography towards the end of the 20 th century, the exhibition seeks to ask what working-class ...
he class war is over,” declared Tony Blair in 1999, two years after he became prime minister – the same year he envisioned a new “middle class that will include millions of people who traditionally ...
The British public no longer fit in to just three social classes, a major new study has discovered. Instead the findings suggest people are now divided into seven different classes based on ...