By IANS,
London : British Prime Minister David Cameron has classified himself and his wife, Samantha, as part of the middle class, “which tries to get all the services meant for the poorer classes”.
Cameron, 43, said public services aimed at helping poor families and parents in disadvantaged areas were often utilised by the middle classes, adding that government programmes such as the Sure Start scheme for young children, which offers support and childcare to parents, should focus more on the poorest.
“There is a criticism sometimes that a great new centre is established and the sharp-elbowed middle classes – like my wife and me – get in there and get all the services,” the prime minister was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.
Cameron and his wife are, however, far from being a part of the middle class.
The prime minister attended the country’s best public schools in Ascot and Eton, and is reportedly a multi-millionaire, whose fortune is worth around 30 million pounds.
Samantha Cameron, 39, is the eldest daughter of a baronet and a descendant of King Charles II. She attended a private all-girls school in Oxfordshire, where fees are known to be mammoth amounts. Her family fortune is estimated at 170 million pounds.