The Government Is Levelling Up Inequality
Since 2019, the poorer half of the country has seen a real-terms loss of £110 per year, while the richest five percent have gained £3,300. That’s Tory economics.
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Dominic Caddick
Dominic Caddick is an assistant researcher at the New Economics Foundation.
The £20 Uplift Won’t Tackle Pandemic Poverty – We Need a Living Income
Almost 700,000 people have been driven into poverty in the UK during Covid-19, and a £20 uplift to Universal Credit isn’t a solution – we need a living income to safeguard against the deepening crisis of inequality.