Sir Humphrey is out on his ear

To make Whitehall “more working class”, civil service internships will only be offered to students from lower income families from next summer, says Genevieve Holl-Allen in The Telegraph. Applicants’ eligibility for the scheme will depend on which jobs their parents held when the applicants were 14. “Students with parents who are receptionists, electricians, plumbers, butchers or van drivers would be among those eligible.” The eight-week summer internship is a paid position and open to graduates...