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Protests against Philip Green, Vodaphone, and other high profile tax avoiders have united the Mail and the Guardian, and perhaps the 'closet egalitarians' too. 

Please read, rate and comment on our submission to the High Pay Commission.

The Hutton Review for all its limitations could mark the start of a proper debate about who gets paid how much and for doing what.

In the US and Germany there have been recent initiatives by wealthy people who wish to retain or pay higher rates of tax. These are clearly intelligent people who see the dangers for society in a situation where “only the little people pay taxes” and the social fabric frays accordingly. Sadly, there does not appear to be a UK equivalent at the moment.

Nick Clegg and Michael Gove want to improve educational performance and social mobility, but they won't do so by relying on equality of opportunity.

The government's keenness on co-ops in the public sector would make more sense if they were also being promoted in the private sector...

Theresa May has announced that the socio-economic duty on public bodies will be dropped from the Equality Act.

An updated edition of The Spirit Level has just been published, including an extra chapter Research Meets Politics in which the authors reflect on the book's reception.

The new High Pay Commission can help the UK set a course towards sanity on top pay.

The November issue of our supporter newsletter Among Equals is out now.

There seems to be an increasing number of recent works from the US which focus on inequality and the economic and social problems it causes. Are these just straws in the wind or the seeds of change?

This week we learned that Boardroom pay rose by 55% over the year to June 2010 fuelling a rise in inequality that - if the analysis of a prize-winning economist is correct - could lead to another economic crash.

Watch the new short film from babycakes romero

A new series of five short films by Geography Professor Danny Dorling and Geography lecturer Carl Lee investigating the myths that allow inequality to persist and grow within Britain. Filmed in Sheffield summer 2010.

Beyond Westminster 'fairness' still means reduced inequality

Kate Pickett: 'Issues of fairness are back at the heart of politics'

This response to the Comprehensive Spending Review was written for the guardian.co.uk article Spending Review: economists and oither experts respond

Recent government announcements do not appear to be going the way of fairness and equality...

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Today 90% of provisions in the Equality Act 2010 came into force, with many excellent measures among them. But the section of the Equality Act relating to income inequality - the provision known as the socio-economic duty on public bodies - was missing from the list.

As we reported back in June, the Greater London Assembly have voted in favour of Assembly Member Darren Johnson's proposal to limit pay ratios within the GLA and associated bodies to 1:20 - with a long term goal of reducing them to 1:10.

Watch Boris Johnson agree to submit his own views to the Hutton Review to clarify that he, and the GLA group, agree with and are committed to implementing a fair pay ratio.