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In the News

Inequality in the UK - most disadvantaged in Britain are no better off than 15 years ago

Graham Watson

10th December 2023

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This BBC report highlights a Centre for Social Justice Report that finds that there's a danger of inequality becoming entrenched in the United Kingdom. The most deprived areas struggle to find work, and are also more prone to ill health.

“Britain is in danger of sliding back to the social divide of the Victorian era”

The most disadvantaged in Britain are no better off than 15 years ago.

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📚Major new report from cross-party Social Justice Commission👇https://t.co/8GxPHKw7hA
— The Centre for Social Justice (@csjthinktank) December 10, 2023

"We spent the last year travelling the length and breadth of the whole UK, hearing from some of the most disadvantaged communities about what's holding them back in life." @JoshNicholson50

👇Launch of the Social Justice Commission’s major new report ‘Two Nations: The State of… pic.twitter.com/KRs4vaxcEz
— The Centre for Social Justice (@csjthinktank) December 8, 2023

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to tutor2u, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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