Working Class

(asked on 21st November 2025) - View Source

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it his policy not to refer to working class people as having a lower socio-economic status.


Answered by
Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 2nd December 2025

As given in the answer of 8th October, the term ‘working class’ was used in the 10-Year Health Plan in the standard way that it is used in English, that is to indicate people who are employed for wages and generally experience greater job insecurity and less financial security than others in society.

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