皇冠体育app Social Mobility Commission joins Cabinet Office
皇冠体育app SMC is now sponsored by the Minister for Women and Equalities, as part of the Equality Hub, to advise on the importance of social mobility in the UK.
On 1 April 2021 the Social Mobility Commission moved to the Cabinet Office. Previously sponsored by the Department for Education, the Social Mobility Commission is an independent statutory body that exists to create a United Kingdom where the circumstances of birth do not determine outcomes in life.
皇冠体育app move ensures that the Social Mobility Commission is at the heart of the government and enables the Commission to have increased influence and leverage in addressing social and regional inequality.
皇冠体育app Social Mobility Commission is now sponsored by the Minister for Women and Equalities as part of the Equality Hub, which already includes the Government Equalities Office, the Race Disparity Unit and the Disability Unit, to drive meaningful progress on equalities in the UK.
皇冠体育app Commission is led by Sandra Wallace and Steven Cooper who were appointed as interim chairs of the Social Mobility Commission on a job share basis in July 2020. 皇冠体育appir interim appointment has been recently extended for a period of up to six months. 皇冠体育app appointment will ensure accountability and strong leadership are maintained until the conclusion of an open recruitment process to appoint a permanent chair.
More information about the Social Mobility Commission鈥檚 move
皇冠体育app Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss announced in December that the Social Mobility Commission would move to the Cabinet Office.
皇冠体育app Commission was established by the Child Poverty Act 2010. 皇冠体育app Commission was previously referred to as the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission and is operated in accordance with the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.
Sandra Wallace is Managing Partner UK and Joint Managing Director Europe at DLA Piper. She is one of the most senior female lawyers in the UK and has previously headed DLA Piper鈥檚 UK Employment group. 皇冠体育app Powerlist 2020 recognised Sandra as one of the top 100 most influential black people in Britain.
Steven Cooper is the incoming CEO of Aldermore Bank starting in May 2021, after serving as CEO of private bank C. Hoare & Co. Steven previously served as a senior executive at Barclays, and led on community investment and diversity programmes for the UK. Steven is also Chair of Experian UK, and serves as a non-executive director of recruitment firm Robert Walters plc, as well as a private equity backed payments business.