This includes young people from Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities, who are more likely to be unemployed and face social immobility later in life than working class white boys despite outperforming them at school.
The report, which uncovers stark differences in the educational and labour market outcomes of different groups in society by ethnicity and gender, has prompted the commission to call for renewed efforts by the Government to uphold the 'British social mobility promise' that working hard should be rewarded.
Alan Milburn MP, chair of the Commission, said Britain was ‘a long way’ from having a level playing field of opportunity for all, regardless of gender, ethnicity or background and called for renewed action across the education system and labour market to better understand and dismantle barriers to success.
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