Income inequality hit record high before the recession started

Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies of the DWP's 'Households Below Average Income' data for 2007-08 shows that poverty and income inequality rose in the UK for the third year in a row. Inequality rose to its highest level since comparable data began to be collected in 1961.

These statistics predate the current recession.

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Posted on 15 May 2009