As a young, ambitious British lawyer, Cherie Blair was firmly against imposing quotas to help advance women’s careers but 30 years later she is happy to admit she was wrong. Blair, a leading barrister and women’s rights campaigner, said a drive unveiled on Thursday to get Britain’s top companies to fill a third of their boardrooms with women by 2020 is a step in the right direction but quotas would accelerate the progress.

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