The key to reducing inequality? Stronger trade unions
The widening gap between rich and poor reflects a decline in trade union power, so argue the authors of the bestselling book The Spirit Level.
Inequality
Which party can close the living standards gulf for low-earning families?
Recovery alone will not restore lost ground facing low-earning parents – the parties need to ensure the worst off feel the benefit of growth.
Poor people in Britain – poorer than those in similar-sized economies
Incomes in the West Midlands are significantly lower than in the poorest regions of Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
Inequality is on the rise. And it really is the coalition’s fault
Now that coalition reforms are in place, we’re starting to see the true impact of government policy – and inequality is on the rise.
Coalition deficit reduction has made UK tax base more regressive
The coalition’s deficit reduction plan has increased the overall tax burden on the poor, says new study.
The left is right to fawn over Piketty’s Capital
For all the FT’s attempted hatchet job, the left is right to fawn over Capital in the 21st Century.
No, Michael Gove, disadvantaged pupils are not better served by the Tories
Any politician who is serious about narrowing the attainment gap also needs to be serious about reducing child poverty and creating a more equal society.
Why the gap between rich and poor has narrowed. And why it won’t last
The narrowing of inequality is almost certainly a temporary blip.
FT journalist in Piketty takedown accused of ‘serious errors’ of his own
New analysis by the economic consultant Howard Reed supports Piketty’s view that inequality is on the rise.
Structural inequality, not immigration, is the UK’s problem
The answer to poverty isn’t to pitch one worker against another of a different nationality; it’s to combat the systems and structures that lead to such inequality.