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Theresa May, the new prime minister, promised a government that works for everybody. Her cabinet is a good start
Theresa May became Britain’s second female prime minister on July 13th. In her first speech outside 10 Downing Street she promised a government that would be driven by the interests of ordinary people and not the “privileged few”. So far her cabinet appointments reflect that. Some 70% of the newly appointed ministers were educated in state schools. This is not representative of the country as a whole, and a large number of Mrs May’s state-educated ministers came through the selective grammar-school system. Even so, Britain's new cabinet looks a bit more like Britain than that of her predecessor, David Cameron.
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