Elite firms excluding working class with 'poshness test'

People who attend comprehensive schools are being denied jobs due to unseen 'poshness test', research finds

Thousands of working class people are missing out on jobs at top firms after failing employers' unspoken "poshness tests", according to the official body set up by the government to promote social mobility.

Jobs in elite banking and legal firms are being handed to candidates not only on the basis of how well they might do the job, but also the way they speak and where they went to school, research conducted by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has found.

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