Over the last year, the all party parliamentary group (APPG)
on Social Mobility has taken a look at one of the most knotty
and seemingly intractable social policy challenges we face as a
country. Why do some talented children grow up to fulfil their
ambitions and become leaders in any number of fields, while
others never realise their full potential? What can be done to
help more people succeed in life? How do we create a UK in
which a person’s life chances are determined by their talent, not
the circumstances of their birth? These are some of the difficult
questions that this Character and Resilience Manifesto aims to
answer.