The media response to strikes proves we need more working-class journalists
I was raised in a council house by a single mum – but in my 20 years in journalism I’ve…
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It’s your salary that determines your class, says the British public
Most people now believe money says more about social class than background, according to exclusive research.
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How CEO pay has returned to pre-pandemic levels
The median FTSE 100 chief executive was paid £3.6m in 2021.
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Office clearout leaves Britain with more jobs than workers to fill them
So many people have left work or changed industry since the pandemic that for the first time demand for staff…
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QUIZ! Which class are these celebrities, according to the British public?
Find out whether you view the social class of 25 famous figures in the same way as other voters.
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Is Marcus Rashford working class? The answer depends on your age
Exclusive New Statesman polling on 25 celebrities reveals younger generations in Britain are more likely to see rich people as…
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A quarter of Britons paid £100,000 or more identify as “working class”
Exclusive polling reveals the British public hugely overestimates how working class it is.
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Britain is falling harder for the myth of Molly-Mae meritocracy
Exclusive polling reveals the public’s firm belief in social mobility – even if people have never experienced it themselves.
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The British public is changing its concept of class
Gen Z and millennials are more likely to associate class with salary and income than the cultural perceptions of their…
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Why working-class Tories have turned on Boris Johnson
Johnson has exploded the notion that the elite will govern well in the interests of ordinary people.
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