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Disturbing finding from LSE study - social mobility in Britain lower than other advanced countries and declining

Guardian
Choice words (18 Apr 06)
Reference to April 2005 reported LSE study argued that social mobility is declining in Britain. Comparing children born in 1958 and in 1970, it found that, among those from the poorest fifth of families, the proportion obtaining a degree had risen from 6 per cent to 9 per cent.

Times Online
Britain's poor social mobility (17 Feb 06)
Research funded by LSE showed that social mobility in Britain has fallen over the last 30 years and is in a worse state than a number of comparable industrialised countries.
Independent

My point isn't that social mobility is increasing for the current generation, but that for those post-war and baby boomers it did. I think if you look at the entrepreneurial spirit of this country and what has been achieved by the previous generations post war, it is pretty clear there has in the past been massive social mobility.

Now...who knows...