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Top 1% of high earners are increasingly likely to be aged 45-55, male and southern
The Leave vote called for decisive change at home, less so in Brussels
Think-tank warns higher proportion on lower incomes have no savings
Study shows 4.5m live on incomes less than half the poverty line
Shadow chancellor will promise that ‘the problem of our times’ can be solved in 5 years
Hostile environment policy has encouraged discrimination and weakened democracy
Government unveils £10-a-week payment for low-income families
Efforts to improve social mobility have had little effect on those taking top jobs
Living standards bounce back, outstripping earnings growth of baby boomers
Lucky minority of young matching fortunes of earlier generations. finds Resolution Foundation
Inclusiveness index shows UK performing better than some peers but suffering after crash
What the data show us about the wealth gap
Think-tank calls for reduction in planning restrictions across south east
Figures cast doubt on UN official’s claims of human rights ‘violation’
Childcare costs and lack of flexible work mean UK single parents fare less well than other Europeans
Study finds health benefits from welfare programme, which has suffered funding cuts
Call for national renewal fund and radical decentralisation away from London
Think-tank accuses statistical agency of misrepresenting effect of tax on inequality
Councils and police warn of fraudsters posing as officials to steal claimants’ details
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
