Educational background key indicator of immigration views in UK, study finds

Research comparing UK and US finds people with fewer qualifications more likely to support rightwing movements

Rightwing movements are struggling to gain support among graduates as education emerges as the most important dividing line in British attitudes towards politics, diversity and immigration, research has found.

A study from the independent National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) found people with qualifications below A-level were more than twice as likely to support rightwing parties compared with those with qualifications above.