Economy, Business & Finance
Income inequality
By several headline measures, it’s fallen gradually across the bulk of UK households in the past ten years. Read
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Inequality in the UK
Fact checks focused on homelessness, poverty, inequality and social mobility
Economy, Business & Finance
How many earn below the living wage?
We’ve looked at how many people are estimated to earn below the National Living Wage set by the government and the living wage that campaigners recommend. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
What do the wealthiest pay in tax?
Define wealthiest and we’ll get back to you. Read
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Europe
UK wealth: how much is owned by the 1%?
Even though it’s tricky to estimate what people own, especially the very rich, the claim that 1% of the UK population own 50% of its wealth isn’t supported by the estimates we’ve seen. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Age, motherhood and the gender pay gap
We’ve seen evidence that the pay gap gets bigger when women become mothers, but they don’t seem to have a clear advantage before then. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Ethnic diversity on company boards
People from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are underrepresented on FTSE 150 company boards. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Poverty: up or down?
About 2.7 million fewer children were living in absolute poverty by the end of the last Labour government, or 2.1 million fewer if you take housing costs into account. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
What's happening to social mobility?
The Social Mobility Commission says the attainment gap is narrowing, meaning that poorer pupils’ results are getting closer to those of their wealthier classmates. But there’s more to the story. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Food banks: hard to say whether rising use reflects rising demand
More people have access to a food bank now than in 2010, so figures for food bank use alone can’t tell us about demand. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Over a million food parcels given by Trussell Trust last year
Over a million food parcels were given last year by the Trussell Trust, but that isn't the same as a million people. Read
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