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Submitted by Bill Kerry on 12 May 2011
We are pleased to introduce the first of what we expect will be occasional updates on single academic papers that relate to income inequality. These updates are distinct from our research digests which analyse several papers on a particular subject at a time.
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 9 May 2011
On 4th May, six MPs sponsored the following Early Day Motion (EDM 1775):
That this House notes the findings of The Equality Trust that societies with smaller income differences between rich and poor have fewer health and social problems, such as teenage births, violence, mental illness and drug abuse; further notes that such societies have higher levels of trust between citizens and more social mobility; and therefore encourages the Government to promote policies that reduce income inequality.
Please use our quick and easy online form to write to your MP and ask them to sign our Early Day Motion - it takes less than five minutes and you can use our template text.
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 6 May 2011
Today the Bristol City Council election results have been announced we were delighted to hear that 11 Equality Bristol Declaration signatories were elected.
Submitted by Craig Griffiths on 4 May 2011
We were delighted to receive an excellent response to our first photo competition,The Spirit Level: images of [in]equality. The 183 entries show above all else the diversity of interpretations of [in]equality and the extent to which inequality affects us all. We are pleased to announce the winners.
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 3 May 2011
On 27th April representatives from a variety of European organisations met in Paris. These organisations, which included The Equality Trust, held in common their interest in research on inequality, the aim of publicising this research, and an understanding that inequality has detrimental effects on society.
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 21 April 2011
Due to staff holidays, The Equality Trust office is closed from 6pm on Thursday 21st April until 9.30am on Tuesday 3rd May.
Submitted by Bill Kerry on 19 April 2011
The Equality Trust and One Society respond to the ONS consultation and urge that greater equality is placed at the heart of any future wellbeing initiatives...
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 12 April 2011
Last week the government launched their Red Tape Challenge website which invites businesses and members of the public to "help us cut unnecessary regulations." The website includes a section on the recently passed Equality Act 2010, asking whether it should be scrapped, merged, simplified, improved or left as it is.
Submitted by Craig Griffiths on 6 April 2011
There are just nine days left in which to submit your entry to our first photo competition, The Spirit Level: images of [in]equality. We are looking for photographic representations of both equality and inequality, photos that can help tell the story of the massive gap between rich and poor in the UK and that can inspire us to take action.
Submitted by Bill Kerry on 4 April 2011
Our message is spreading as The Mirror links cuts to the further entrenching of inequality in the UK...
Submitted by Bill Kerry on 30 March 2011
The Dutch have shown where money can be found in these straightened economic times ... it's in the bank...
Submitted by Hector Rufrancos on 28 March 2011
Today, The Equality Trust releases its first research digest. Issue 1 focuses on the effects of income inequality on violent crime.
Some of the key points are:
- There is a relationship between inequality and homicide. It has been found in many different settings.
- Research has shown that small reductions in income inequality cause large reductions in homicide.
- This relationship seems to be part of a more generally divisive effect of inequality, which weakens the social fabric.
Read the rest of the digest HTML PDF
The research digests series is part of our commitment to the understanding of the evidence about the impacts of income inequality on societies. As these digests are new (and exciting) you may have questions about them. A short Q&A on the research digests is below.
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 25 March 2011
The paperback edition of Danny Dorling's Injustice: Why Social Inequality Persists is published on 5th April and will be launched at a public meeting hosted by Equality North West.
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 23 March 2011
The theme for this year's Co-operatives Fortnight (25 June - 9 July) is inequality of wealth and ownership.
Submitted by Bill Kerry on 21 March 2011
More research coming soon from The Equality Trust as we step up the demand to tackle the UK's damagingly high level of inequality...
Submitted by Craig Griffiths on 9 March 2011
Worried about the increasing gap between rich and poor? Established photographer or complete beginner? The Equality Trust is pleased to announce the launch of our first photo competition, The Spirit Level: Images of [In]Equality.
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 2 March 2011
The Office for National Statistics is currently developing new measures of national well-being. Anyone can join the debate and we encourage you to have your say here.
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 17 February 2011
The urgent problems of low wages, pay inequality and lack of affordable housing in London were addressed yesterday evening, when London assembly member Darren Johnson hosted a debate at City Hall to ask whether the widening gap between the city's rich and poor can be reversed and what Assembly members and the Mayor can do about it.
Submitted by Kate Pickett on 11 February 2011
“Income inequality in society has gone too far.”
So said Sir Michael Marmot one year ago, on the publication of his review of health inequalities, Fair Society Healthy Lives, adding "redistribution has to be part of (the solution)".
Submitted by Kathryn Busby on 4 February 2011
On 22nd January, The Economist published an article Unbottled Gini: Inequality is rising. Does it matter—and if so why? which repeated some of the unfounded criticisms made about The Spirit Level last summer. Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett wrote a letter in response, which was published by the Economist.
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