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Social Mobility - Broadcasting House debate

UpRiser Hollie Ridley and Geoff Mulgan, Director of the Young Foundation, were interviewed on flagship BBC Radio 4 programme Broadcasting House about social mobility.

Hollie Ridley spoke about some of the challenges she has faced coming from a working class family in East London, while Geoff Mulgan discussed Michael Young's dystopia, Rise of the Meritocracy, which coined the term meritocracy. Lord Hattersley and Toby Young also contributed to the discussion.

Listen to the talk.