Senior Tories must look beyond Brexit and give a “broader push” to tackling injustices to win over voters, Justine Greening has said. The ex-education secretary, who dramatically quit the cabinet in January, said it had been more than 30 years since her party had “connected with people’s aspirations”, as she urged Tory MPs to put improving social mobility at the top of the agenda. Her comments will be seen as a veiled swipe against Theresa May, who vowed to tackle the “burning injustices” plaguing Britain in her first major speech on the steps of Downing Street. Read more Theresa May’s pledge to help the ‘left behind’ is dead Instead, Ms May’s premiership has been dominated by the mammoth task of delivering Brexit and poor progress to champion people from poorer backgrounds was laid bare when the board of the Social Mobility Commission resigned in protest. Ms Greening told a Bright Blue thinktank event: ”I think the key is having a much broader push from across cabinet on this issue because I’m afraid it does matter alongside Brexit. “You can’t just do that, you have got to be thinking about the country you want to build beyond Brexit.” Ms Greening, who supported the Remain campaign, said ministers should not allow Brexit to dominate their agenda and the referendum… Read full this story
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