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British experience shows social policy must look beyond employment
Special rapporteur on extreme poverty likens system to Victorian workhouses
Department for Work and Pensions to publish statistics from next year
Deaton review has highlighted significant problems but there are also areas of improvement
Stagnant wages, globalisation and automation are aggravating already deep disparities
Angus Deaton-led review urges UK to ‘change the rules’ to avoid excessive disparities
After paying a lot for housing, Londoners have no higher incomes than the UK average
It is the economy, not education, that really determines life chances
Effort to increase number of students from poorer families, says vice-chancellor
Ministers urged to target housing, employment and fairness on tax and benefits
Funding has fallen despite official count of rough sleepers more than doubling in decade
Call for debt collectors to be forced to wear body cameras when visiting homes
We export problems to the places least able to cope, then expect them to be resilient
Only the fourth time in 30 years that figures have remained stagnant
Difference for women has grown more than for men, ONS study finds
Increases for top 0.1% so big that OBR underestimated tax and NI receipts in economic data
Voters need decisive action, and soon. The alternative is greater disillusionment
More work is needed to bring nonwhite directors to corporate boardrooms
Magazine sellers increasingly need access to contactless payments system
Campaigners fear non-UK rough sleepers will have little way back from streets after Brexit
Drug poisoning, suicide and alcohol abuse among leading causes
‘Bomad’ loans are both deeply unfair on a societal level and deeply risky on a personal one
The property wealth of your parents is crucial to getting on the ladder
Resources have fallen in the north but risen in more affluent south during austerity, study finds
Homes market deepens inequality as those lacking parental support struggle to buy
