Elitist Scotland?
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission in partnership with the David Hume Institute examine the background of almost 850 leaders in politics, business, the media and other areas of public life in Scotland; this report looks at the social background of the people who run Scotland.
Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn Chair, Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
This report looks at the social background of the people who run Scotland, following up an earlier study carried out by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission looking at this issue for Great Britain as a whole. In partnership with the David Hume Institute and with the support of postgraduate researchers at the University of Edinburgh, we have examined the background of almost 850 leaders in politics, business, the media and other areas of public life in Scotland.