Working Class
The question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it his policy not to refer to working class people as having a lower socio-economic status.
Answered by Seema Malhotra
As given in the answer of 8th October, the term ‘working class’ was used in the 10-Year Health Plan in the standard way that it is used in English, that is to indicate people who are employed for wages and generally experience greater job insecurity and less financial security than others in society.
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