Get the macroeconomic policy wrong and you risk entrenching divides that need dealing with now
The problem is not that economic growth has been too narrow, but that it has barely happened at all
Policy affected record 1.6mn children in the year to April 2024, according to new data
People are happier when they get a fair share of an expanding pie
Campaigners say limit ‘drives families into poverty’ and calls on future government to reverse the policy
Next UK government must grapple with series of challenges in a nation still reeling from austerity, Covid and Brexit
Initiatives beyond pay can help tackle debilitating effects of money worries
IPPR researchers describe government’s laissez-faire approach to public health as a ‘failed experiment’
Minister asks critics to withhold judgment till 2030 as analysis shows UK struggled to make gains in target areas
The wealth surrounding you may make you less happy if it means you perceive your status as lower
25% of children living in absolute poverty, sparking outcry from welfare campaigners
Half the UK’s young people from ethnic minority backgrounds have experienced workplace discrimination
Ombudsman finds changes to state pension age was mishandled, affecting millions of women
Almost a third of children in the country are living in relative poverty, which has increased more than any advanced economy
The glitz that once attracted the likes of Frank Sinatra has faded but now the town has a shot at restoring its fortunes
London and south-east to pull further away from rest of the country in coming years, IPPR says
Despite growing numbers being affected, many of the solutions are known
A new study shows just how rich the west London enclave has become — but is it gentrification if it was built for the wealthy?
The UK’s low-productivity, low-security and low-wage doom loop isn’t inevitable
Research shows rebalancing initiatives by successive Tory governments have made little difference
It is time to ask tough questions about wealth and income concentration
High-earning donors increasingly keen to channel their wealth directly into grass roots projects
One in five people in the UK lives in poverty, says The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
New research shows US citizens are alone among wealthy western nations in being largely unmoved by income disparities
Without a solution, it will be impossible to solve the country’s other social and political problems
