A new study into social class has found a "distinctive elite" group of people in the UK, according to one of the researchers involved in the work. 6% of the population, who are classed as "elite", ...

BRITISH people now fit into seven social classes, a new study has revealed, with the traditional model of upper, middle, and working classes now being deemed "too simplistic." Researchers found the ...

Previous definitions of social class are considered to be outdated People in the UK now fit into seven social classes, a major survey conducted by the BBC suggests. It says the traditional categories ...

Thought shopping at Waitrose and graduating from a Russell Group university is enough to make someone middle class? Think again. According to a new study, the UK population is split into no less than ...

Within a week of its publication in 2013, roughly one in five of the British adult population - about seven million people - had clicked on the BBC's Great British Class Calculator. Now, using fresh ...