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  • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
    UK business & economy
    BoE defends its response to financial crisis

    Central bank’s research estimates large average gains

    Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
  • Thursday, 29 March, 2018
    Chris Giles
    Britain’s social ills cannot be blamed on inequality

    Discontent is better explained by regional disparities and non-existent wage growth

    Thursday, 29 March, 2018
  • Sunday, 25 March, 2018
    UK Property
    Eviction of homeless exposes property dysfunction

    Foreign investors drive up prices as residents lose tenancies

    Sunday, 25 March, 2018
  • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    Labour MP calls for £20bn a year in new wealth taxes

    Speech by Rachel Reeves highlights discussions gathering pace on the left

    Thursday, 22 March, 2018
  • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
    UK Inequality
    UK poverty levels unchanged despite benefits freeze

    Rising employment helped boost household income to offset government’s austerity measures

    Thursday, 22 March, 2018
  • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
    Martin Wolf
    Reform council tax to close generational wealth gap

    Why should the gains of the propertied be less taxed than the fruits of enterprise?

    Thursday, 22 March, 2018
  • Tuesday, 20 March, 2018
    Sarah O'Connor
    Cities only work if they accommodate rich and poor

    Housing costs are forcing essential workers to live far from jobs in the centre

    Tuesday, 20 March, 2018
  • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
    Philip Stephens
    Brexit Britain could soon be humming a Marxist tune

    Labour’s would-be chancellor plans to nationalise the railways and shackle the banks

    Thursday, 8 March, 2018
  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2018
    Sarah O'Connor
    Millennial insecurity is reshaping the UK economy

    Fears about low wages, home ownership and costly degrees are paralysing young people

    Tuesday, 20 February, 2018
  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2018
    UK Inequality
    Pension savers help to offset wealth inequality

    Housing and financial affluence remains unequally distributed across population

    Thursday, 1 February, 2018
  • Saturday, 23 December, 2017
    UK Inequality
    Chill wind blows through growing homeless camps

    Surge in housing costs and benefit changes condemn greater numbers to sleep rough

    Saturday, 23 December, 2017
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
    UK inflation
    Test measure highlights impact of inflation on poor

    Prices rise at 2.7% for low-income households between 2006 and 2016

    Tuesday, 19 December, 2017
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2017
    FT View
    Hammond’s Budget puts safety first

    The chancellor’s task was to equip Britain for a future outside the EU — and to survive

    Wednesday, 22 November, 2017
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2017
    UK Budget
    Falling growth will hit poor hardest, says Labour

    Tory package fails to address plight of the hard-pressed, says Corbyn

    Wednesday, 22 November, 2017
  • Friday, 17 November, 2017
    Free Lunch Martin Sandbu
    Economic lessons from a left-behind town Premium

    The story of Blackpool illustrates a triple process of polarisation

    Friday, 17 November, 2017
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2017
    Martin Wolf
    Brexit could shipwreck the British economy

    It is absurd to suggest that the UK could withstand the shock of worse market access

    Thursday, 16 November, 2017
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2017
    FT Magazine
    Left behind: can anyone save the towns the UK economy forgot?

    Soaring antidepressant usage, falling life expectancy: Blackpool embodies much of what is going wrong on the fringes of Britain

    Thursday, 16 November, 2017
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
    Analysis UK house prices
    Higher housing costs hit young and poor hardest  

    Analysis of official data shows well-off have seen cuts in expenses

    Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2017
    Analysis UK politics & policy
    ‘Generational guilt’ attracts older voters to Labour

    Uncertain prospects for young evoke nostalgia for welfare state

    Tuesday, 14 November, 2017
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2017
    UK consumer credit
    New £20m fund to invest in companies helping the poor

    Fair by Design will target extra costs the poorest pay for essential goods

    Thursday, 9 November, 2017
  • Saturday, 4 November, 2017
    UK Inequality
    Britain’s food banks prepare for difficult winter

    Universal credit rollout puts extra pressure on system

    Saturday, 4 November, 2017
  • Monday, 23 October, 2017
    FT View
    Business must help fix the failures of capitalism

    Collective hand-wringing must be accompanied by concrete action

    Monday, 23 October, 2017
  • Friday, 20 October, 2017
    Millennials
    Young people rely on borrowing for everyday costs

    FCA report reveals growing ‘wealth gap’ between young and old

    Friday, 20 October, 2017
  • Sunday, 15 October, 2017
    Social Investment
    City figures call for £2bn fund for deprived areas

    Government cash would jump-start private sector involvement in areas of under-investment

    Sunday, 15 October, 2017
  • Friday, 13 October, 2017
    Trevor Phillips
    Data can deliver Britain from inherited racial injustice

    The government audit shows racism can be endemic even in the absence of racists

    Friday, 13 October, 2017
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