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I can't see how anyone can dispute this, as large swathes of the country have never recovered from the Thatcher led devastation of heavy industry and manufacturing. Change will have to come as fewer and fewer people are able to get well paid jobs that allow them to do the basics their parents did, like buying their own house.
I was very fortunate as I was the first person from my family to ever go to university, and I benefitted from free university education and maintenance grants and when I graduated I had debts of less than £250. If I'd faced possible debts of £30k at the end of it there is no way on earth I'd have taken that route. Social mobility like that has all but gone now, and that is not good for our society.