People in Britain are satisfied with the Coalition Government’s decision to create a social mobility tsar position, but the politician who has been appointed to this job is a contentious choice, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
But respondents are evenly split on Labour’s Alan Milburn taking the job.
People in Britain are satisfied with the Coalition Government’s decision to create a social mobility tsar position, but the politician who has been appointed to this job is a contentious choice, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative sample of 2,001 British adults, 56 per cent of respondents support the creation of the social mobility tsar position, while 28 per cent are opposed.
The social mobility tsar will advise the Prime Minister on how to break down social barriers for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, and help those who feel they cannot have access to top jobs due to race, religion, gender or disability.
A majority of respondents who voted for Labour (54%), the Conservatives (58%) and the Liberal Democrats (64%) in the May 2010 General Election endorse the new position.
Alan Milburn, a Labour politician who served as health secretary when Tony Blair was Prime Minister, will serve as the social mobility tsar. Respondents are evenly divided on his appointment, with 34 per cent agreeing with it, and 34 per cent voicing disagreement.
Three-in-ten Britons (31%) believe Milburn’s appointment to the position of social mobility tsar in the Coalition Government amounts to a betrayal to the Labour Party and its voters—including 39 per cent of respondents who voted for Labour in the May 2010 General Election.
