LONDON (Reuters) - British people can now aspire to and despise four new levels of social classes, according to a new survey conducted by researchers in partnership with public broadcaster the BBC.

Britain’s class system has always been a load of self-defeating, nonsensical garbage with no obvious purpose. But, remarkably ...

A new study finds that the socio-economic class system in Britain is more complicated than previously thought. Instead of the standard categories... Britain's Class System More Complicated Than Once ...

“BUILDING SOCIAL capital will not be easy, but it is the key to making democracy work,” wrote Robert Putnam, an American political scientist, in 1993. He found that places where people trust and ...

John Curtice receives funding from UKRI-ESRC. Tim Bale has previously received funding for research on the Conservative Party and party members from the Leverhulme Trust and from the Economic and ...

The best place to consider class consciousness in Britain today is beneath the canvas of a £283-per-night ($381) yurt at Hay Festival, a literary jamboree in Wales. Revolutionary fervour is building ...

John Curtice currently receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. The outcome of last year’s general election left an important question hanging in the air. Could the UK’s ...