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The Homes and Communities Agency is looking into providing new types of social housing contracts that would not give tenants the right to remain in their homes for life, as a way of encouraging major financial institutions to build homes for rent. Speaking at a conference this month, HCA chairman Robert Napier said the agency was exploring whether it could revive house building by persuading institutions to put their money into homes for private rent.

Research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats and Barnardos has found that a child’s life chances are ‘dependent on the background and earnings of its parents’, and increased funding in education had failed to reach those most in need. The chairman of the inquiry found that inequalities in the education system had to be tackled if children from poor backgrounds are to be the doctors, army officers and barristers of the future. The results came out as the government announced a commission into social mobility.