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Welfare policy is cutting poverty among under 16s to levels below the rest of Britain, say supporters
New mortality data could help create targeted policy to reduce the UK’s large and growing disease burden
Melissa S Kearney looks at how the startling shift affecting American families disadvantages children and exacerbates inequality
Average gross disposable income in the capital is 43% higher than the national average
IfG warns flagship policy to bridge regional divides is not a priority for the government
Regional inequality, London’s housing market and stagnant wages cited as concerns
MPs and experts say educational attainment in region has been hit by insufficient financial support after Covid
TUC’s Paul Nowak wants ‘national conversation’ on tax in challenge to Labour party
Think-tank says higher wages will be offset by rising taxes and mortgage payments
The country’s precarious low-wage jobs and shortage of affordable housing are hardly the fault of international forces
Tighter monetary policy could have benefits for younger people, says think-tank
Regional inequality in the UK ‘without parallel in developed world’, think-tank finds
Starmer vows to tackle the ‘snobbery’ that leads to workplace inequality with schools plan
Economic indicators suggest the country is more prosperous than 50 years ago but more Americans feel pessimistic
IFS says increase in health provision, wider access to education and introduction of university fees is behind change
This cost of living crisis is not a sudden emergency, but the latest chapter in a longer-term story of rising poverty
Nationally about 6.5mn people live in substandard accommodation, study finds
Excluding people from the workforce when the economy needs their skills is a block on opportunity
US life expectancy is in freefall as the young and the poor bear the brunt of struggles for shared prosperity
We rely on substandard measures to understand deprivation in the UK — and our forecasts can be wrong
Treasury to ‘catalyse’ limited growth clusters around research bases such as universities
Delayed second round of winning bids announced with promise to ‘reinvigorate’ coastal economies
Initiative, lobbied for by charities and MPs, expected in new year as part of levelling-up agenda
Financial sector’s social diversity initiative needs more meat but could be important
UK government must design positive policies to alleviate pressure on those who are sinking
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