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divdiv class=story-body readability=32 span class=story-date#13; span class=date14 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time00:01 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1More needs to be done to get people who are not white and middle class into top jobs, David Cameron has said./p#13; pThe prime minister suggested low aspirations among those from different backgrounds as one reason for the lack of social mobility in the UK./p#13; pIt comes after Sir John Major described the dominance of the privately educated in public life as truly shocking./p#13; pMr Cameron, who went to Eton then Oxford, was speaking to reporters on a flight to India./p#13; pHe said he agreed with Sir John's comments earlier this week, which were interpreted by some as an attack on the backgrounds of the prime minister's team./p#13; pMore than half the current cabinet were educated privately./p#13; div class=story-feature narrow#13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_2Continue reading the main story/a h2 class=quote“spanStart Quote/span/h2#13;blockquote readability=2p class=first-childJust opening the door and saying 'we are in favour of equality of opportunity', that's not enough”/p/blockquote#13;span class=endquoteEnd Quote/span#13; span class=quote-creditDavid Cameron/span#13; #13;#13; /div p id=story_continues_2Mr Cameron said he welcomed the debate started by his predecessor as Conservative prime minister, but acknowledged there was still not as much social mobility as there needs to be./p#13; pHe told journalists he wanted to see a Britain where no matter where you come from, what god you worship, the colour of your skin, what community you belong to, people should be able to get to the top in the media, judiciary, armed services and politics./p#13; pWe are making some progress in those areas, he said. But it is not fast enough and we need to go further and faster./p#13; pHe added that he wanted to do more than merely make changes and sit back./p#13; pJust opening the door and saying 'we are in favour of equality of opportunity', that's not enough./p#13; pYou've got to get out there and find people, win them over, get them to raise aspirations, get them to think they can get all the way to the top./p#13; pLabour criticised the remarks, accusing the prime minister of locking out opportunity for the next generation and only standing up only for a privileged few./p#13; pBut Alan Milburn - one of the party's former cabinet ministers, now an adviser to the coalition - said flat-lining mobility had been decades in the making./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center