Inequality
Wilkinson clashes swords with his detractors in spirited debate on inequality
As Left Foot Forward reported on Monday, several recent publications have challenged the central conclusion of the book that more unequal societies do worse than more equal societies, on a variety of social outcomes.
Tackling unfairness and inequality in Islington
London is a place of abject poverty and extreme affluence, living side by side and cheek by jowl; places like Islington, where those living in the wealthiest areas have a life expectancy on average four years longer than those in the poorest.
Leadership candidates need to debate the ‘poverty of ambition’ as well as inequality
Thousands of students are struggling to get into university, with demand far outstripping supply. Graduates are fighting tooth and nail for jobs and the chance to realise their aspirations - Labour must help them.
Economic growth & fall in unemployment key to tacking child poverty
The best way to tackle child poverty is to tackle welfare dependency, shadow work and pensions minister Helen Goodman has said.
IFS: Brown “mitigated” income inequality
The Institute for Fiscal Studies this morning gave its verdict on Labour’s inequality record. In a spoof of the Conservative […]
Policies must be subjected to a “fairness test”
All the main political parties are talking about ‘fairness’. They all say inequalities are too big and need to be reduced.