It isn’t just child poverty that limits social mobility; inequality does too
The side of social mobility that no politician will talk about: making rich-but-dim children downwardly mobile.
Inequality
Older women are demanding a better deal and Labour must deliver it
The UK has a 43 per cent gap between pensions received by men and women – the third highest level in the EU.
New cost of living figures show real effect of recession on pay
Things are actually even worse than they seem.
Inequality: where Labour really did ‘crash the car’
It isn’t just wealth that concentrates; opportunity does too.
Osborne plans to increase inequality in the UK
This is part of a plan to hit the poorest as hard as possible with benefit cuts whilst at the same time saying that if you can afford to save you need not pay tax at all.
New ONS figures reveal the startling state of health inequality
Men living in the most deprived areas of the country will live almost 20 years less than those in the least deprived areas.
Blair playing down his wealth is a reminder that we need to tackle inequality
Blair was right, Labour does need to move out of its ‘comfort zone’ – the comfort zone of refusing to discuss inequality.
Africa is losing six-and-a-half-times the amount it receives in aid
Wealthy governments, including the UK, bear responsibility for much of Africa’s loss of resources.
It’s time for a maximum pay ratio
The average pay of a FTSE 100 CEO has rocketed from around £1 million a year in the late 1990s to closer to £5 million today.
Tough at the top? Executive pay now 180 times the average
Top executives are pulling away from the rest of us, according to a new report.