'An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK' - the Report of the
National Equality Panel - which was launched on Wednesday 27 January 2010, addresses questions such as how far up or down do people from different backgrounds typically come in the distributions of earnings, income or wealth.
Below are the links to some of the media coverage of this report:
Guardian
Unequal Britain: richest 10 per cent are now 100 times better off than the poorest
Commissioned by Harriet Harman, minister for women and equality, the National Equality Panel has been working on the 460-page document for 16 months, led by Prof John Hills, of the London School of Economics.
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Times
Gap between rich and poor at its widest since the war
The divide between rich and poor is greater after 13 years of Labour rule than at any time since the Second World War, according to the Government's own report into inequality. The report was written by Professor John Hills, at the London School of Economics and the new National Equality Panel.
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Financial Times
Social advantages still shape life chances
People's origins shape their life chances from cradle to grave, the biggest study of equality and inequality in Britain has demonstrated. John Hills, the panel's chair and professor of social policy at the London School of Economics, quoted.
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BBC News
Rich-poor divide 'wider than 40 years ago'
Neighbourhood renewal policy action is needed, according to the report. "Most political parties and people subscribe to the ideal of 'equality of opportunity'," panel chair Professor John Hills, of the London School of Economics, told the BBC.
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Daily Telegraph
Labour's failures are breeding inequality
Harriet Harman has declared herself the champion of equality, and in this role is pushing legislation through Parliament in the best levelling spirit. It is noted that she commissioned a report from the National Equality Panel, chaired by Professor John Hills of the LSE.
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Related links:
Listen to John Hills on the Today Programme (available for 5 days after broadcast)
Download the report, summary, executive summary and charts and statistical annex
The National Equality Panel
John Hills
webpage
The gap between rich and poor in the UK is wider now than it was 40 years ago, according to a National Equality Panel report. John Hills, the panel's chair and Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics, explains its findings.
'An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK' - the Report of the
National Equality Panel - was launched on Wednesday 27 January 2010.
The independent National Equality Panel was set up at the invitation of the Government in 2008 to investigate the relationships between the distributions of various kinds of economic outcome on the one hand and people's characteristics and circumstances on the other. The report addresses questions such as how far up or down do people from different backgrounds typically come in the distributions of earnings, income or wealth.
Related links:
Listen to John Hills on the Today Programme (available for 5 days after broadcast)
Download the report, summary, executive summary and charts and statistical annex
The National Equality Panel
John Hills
webpage
Wednesday, 27 January 2009: 3.15pm - 4.50pm
New Academic Building, Wolfson Theatre
London School of Economics
Chair: David Piachaud, London School of Economics
Presentations from:
- John Hills, LSE and Chair, National Equality Panel
- Stephen Jenkins, Essex University and member of National Equality Panel
Responses from:
- Tony Atkinson, Visiting Professor, LSE
- Lisa Harker, Co-Director, Institute for Public Policy Research
- Max Wind-Cowie, Progressive Conservatism Project, DEMOS
The National Equality Panel was set up in October 2008 at the invitation of Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP, Minister for Women and Equality, to investigate how inequalities in people's economic outcomes (such as earnings, income and wealth) are related to their characteristics of circumstances (such as gender, age and ethnicity). The Panel's report is published on 27th January 2010.
This seminar will present and discuss the main findings of the report.
The full report, summary and executive summary, charts and statistical annex are available to download from the CASE publications website at
http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/publications/NEP.asp
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