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Ministers consider closing social mobility watchdog as part of planned shake-up

The Guardian Politics · 31 August 2026 at 13:23

Ministers consider closing social mobility watchdog as part of planned shake-up

Exclusive: Labour MPs believe SMC has become ineffective and its work ‘should be a core function of government’ Ministers are considering a shake-up of the government’s social mobility watchdog that could range from giving it more teeth to abolishing it outright.

The move comes amid concerns that the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) – originally conceived under Gordon Brown’s government in 2010 – has become ineffective.

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Ministers consider closing social mobility watchdog as part of planned shake-up

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