Career chances for working-class 'no better now than 30 years ago' (UK)

Working-class men are no more likely to get into well-paid careers than they were a generation ago, according to academics.

A study claims that there has been"little obvious sign of any decline" in the influence of family background on life chances.

It says that although many more people now go to university, this does not necessarily mean they will earn more as employers struggle to make sense of the"ever-expanding plethora" of qualifications.