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Novelist says demise of Britain’s ‘incredible’ welfare system and housing struggles have led to deeper divisionsThe novelist Zadie Smith has said that inequality has made culture clashes feel “existential”, adding that it has become “natural to look to…

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September 27, 2026 Patrick Greenfield

‘It’s like the Scottish Upper East Side’: shame and snobbery as American students blamed for St Andrews classism

Online comments reflect class tensions at Scottish university between those from lower-income families and wealthier US undergraduatesWhen Sophie Rose Jenkins announced she would not return to St Andrews University this academic year because of her exp…

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September 9, 2026 Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Ministers to put white working-class people in UK at heart of new equalities unit

Bridget Phillipson to announce creation of unit which will make class a key part of its equalities agendaUK politics live – latest updatesThe government is putting class at the heart of its equalities agenda by creating a new unit which will make tackl…