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Saturday 10 December 2011

Unequal UK

Tribune reports that Britain has become one of the developed world's most unequal societies according to a recent OECD report. The widening inequality is caused by the growth in incomes at the very top - the share of the highest one per cent of earners rose from 7.1 per cent in 1970 to 14.3 per cent in 2005. :
http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2011/12/unequal-uk-exposed-but-it%e2%80%99s-not-tough-at-the-top-with-the-top-10-per-cent-earning-10-times-more-than-those-at-the-bottom/