Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Unequal Britain - Poverty in the UK


A really interesting study has just been released showing that the UK has become more unequal over the past 30 years.

Headline figure is the richest 10% of the population are more than 100 times as wealthy as the poorest 10% of society!

Guardian article

Data behind the report

This information will be very useful when looking at the poverty unit for the exam.