May's Crusade To Help Britons 'Who Just About Manage'

The Prime Minister is to launch her social reform crusade with a pledge to make life easier for people "who just about manage".
Theresa May will chair the first meeting of a new cabinet committee which she says will focus on making the UK better for everyone, not just the privileged few.

According to Number 10, she will highlight the progress made in recent years on issues such as school choice and employment, but make clear her new government plans to go much further.
Mrs May said: "At the same time as helping the most vulnerable, we must pursue social reform in a much broader sense to help make life easier for the majority of people in this country who just about manage.

"You might have a job but you don't always have job security. You may have your own home, but you worry about paying a mortgage.

"You can just about manage but you worry about the cost of living and getting your kids into a good school.

"So while we continue to help the worst off, we will also be focused on the millions of people for whom life is a struggle and who work all hours to keep their heads above water."

The Prime Minister has already set out her determination to tackle social injustices - and last week, ordered the first-ever audit of racial disparities in public service outcomes.

The Government says the results of this audit will give every person the ability to check how their race affects the way they are treated by public services, and the information will also help government and the public force poor-performing services to improve.

The Social Reform Committee will meet regularly and will bring together cabinet ministers from nine government departments.

Downing Street says it will oversee and agree social policy reforms and lead the government's work to increase social mobility, deliver social justice and make Britain a country that works for everyone.