Opinion
The government must ensure fair distribution of income
'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'
income inequality
Is Clegg’s tax threshold plan the best way to reduce income inequality?
Nick Clegg’s tax threshold plans go half way to addressing the problem of working poverty, but it goes no way towards addressing the cause.
Unless pay gaps are reduced, we’ll end up with Victorian levels of inequality
Unless the trend towards greater inequality is halted, we may end up back at the levels of disparity “evident in Victorian England”, the High Pay Commission says.
Rich List 2011: Charity down and inequality up
Duncan Exley looks at the social issues behind the Rich List 2011 and the income inequality causing them.
Tackling inequality is key to improving social mobility, Mr Clegg
Duncan Exley, campaign director of One Society, reports on the importance of the Royal Commission on social mobility and the issue it cannot afford to ignore.
It’s fairer up North but inequality is rising across the board
New research by ippr north shows that the gap between the rich and poor is narrower in the North than in the UK on average, but the gap is growing across the board.