Tuesday 11th December 2007

Breaking the cycle of disadvantage in Britain will require a cross-party and public consensus on equality as deep as that which backs the NHS, Fabian General Secretary Sunder Katwala told the Guardian/CEHR Diverse Britain conference.

Breaking the cycle of disadvantage in Britain will require a cross-party and public consensus on equality as deep as that which backs the NHS, Fabian General Secretary Sunder Katwala told the Diverse Britain conference held by the Guardian and the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

All parties should deepen their commitments on child poverty and tackling educational inequality, said Katwala, calling for the government should hold a 2009 Comprehensive Spending Review to timetable concrete steps for spending per pupil in state schools to match that of the private sector.

Putting VAT on private school fees could finance a new opportunity fund to tackle educational disadvantage, he argued.

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