Inequality in the UK

19 June 2025

Child poverty and the two-child benefit cap: explained

Calls for the government to scrap the two-child benefit limit have been renewed ahead of the publication of its child poverty strategy later this year.

21 May 2025

Does the UK really have the 12th largest ‘female health gap’ in the world?

Unreliable research from a male wellness company, which claimed that women are less healthy than men in the UK, has been widely shared by MPs, the media and institutions around the country.

30 September 2022

Do the mini-Budget tax cuts favour the rich?

Income tax-payers across the income scale will benefit to some extent as a result of the Chancellor’s announcement—but higher earners will benefit much more.

15 February 2022

Wales and Scotland are getting money to fund a council tax rebate

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said the countries would not be receiving more money as other areas of their provisional budgets are being revised down.

6 January 2022

Is income inequality falling?

While the Prime Minister claimed income inequality was falling, the latest analysis suggests it may be rising again after income support schemes were removed.

14 July 2021

Golden oldies: Are one in five pensioners millionaires?

A quarter of over 65s live in households with wealth above a million pounds.

9 April 2021

Poverty is not the same as food insecurity

Claims about all households in poverty struggling to put food on the table need a closer look.

4 March 2021

Details missing on levelling up funding

A list of priority areas due to receive early funding from the new “Levelling Up Fund” has been published. The rationale for why certain areas are prioritised has not.