Equality News

11 March 2010

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25 February 2010

Edmund Conway writing in the Daily Telegraph worries about the effects of inequality.

11 February 2010

Tackling society's inequalities is what Labour governments are supposed to be about, and this one has quietly redistributed billions worth of tax since 1997, much of it paid by those fatcat bankers, to alleviate the plight of the poorest.

How much has it got to show for it?

Read Michael White's Guardian article

1 February 2010

Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson on Comment is Free

28 January 2010

Lesley Riddoch writes that it's not only the poorest who suffer from inequality – in an equal society, fulfilment and health improve for everyone.

Read her article on Comment is Free

27 January 2010

Richest 10% now 100 times better off than the poorest.

Read the Guardian report

See the data behind the story

Read other news coverage

22 January 2010

A letter in today's Guardian points out that employee ownership would have prevented the Cadbury sell-off.

21 January 2010

Labour deputy leader to make inequality a key dividing line with Conservatives.

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15 January 2010

Read Jerry Large's column in the Seattle Times

13 January 2010

You know things are out of whack when an investment bank is considering forcing its employees to donate to charity.

That plan is reportedly in the works at Goldman Sachs, with bonuses, some as high as eight figures, being paid to bankers this week.

Read the full article in The Seattle Times

4 January 2010

Read the Time.com Q&A with Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.

15 December 2009

Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than city bankers, according to a new method of calculating the value of different jobs published today by nef.

14 December 2009

Wilkinson and Pickett's study gave scientific weight to a long-held claim of the left: that people are happier and healthier when they live in societies where wealth is distributed more equally. But the book's influence stretches across party lines and its findings are likely to shape political debate for many years to come.

New Statesman's Top 10 books of the decade.

9 December 2009

Read a letter by Malcolm Clark, Director of the One Society Campaign in today's Guardian, about the positives for bankers of losing their bonuses.

8 December 2009

Dr Lynne Friedli talks about the impact of inequality on mental health, in a discussion with John Humphrys on the Today Programme - scroll down to 07.33

Listen to the discussion