income inequality
It’s time pay inequality became a priority
Darren Johnson, a Green Party member of the London Assembly, asks: Should we give equal priority to income inequality and tackle the pay of people at the top, in the belief that reducing the income gap will lead to economic, social and environmental justice? And can we find we right policies to achieve this?
The real “squeezed middle”
In his leader's speech tomorrow Ed Miliband is expected to announce his intention to reach out to Britain's struggling middle classes.
Are Clegg and Osborne at odds on income inequality?
Nick Clegg today set out his concerns about income inequality in a speech on social mobility. His remarks put him at odds with George Osborne who will talk only of "equality of opportunity".
First XI: The Tory MPs committed to narrowing the gap between rich and poor
While the swivel-eyed TaxPayers’ Alliance and Policy Exchange continue to have a go at Professors Wilkinson and Pickett - authors of ‘The Spirit Level: why equality is better for everyone’ - at least some on the right seem to have been listening to the independent academics.