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What makes a job “good”? Is it pay, flexibility, progression, security, purpose, autonomy, or the people you work with? Policy debates about inequality often focus on wages and getting people into...

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The UK is one of the most geographically unequal countries in the developed world. People living in London and the South East tend to have higher incomes, higher levels of education and better heal...

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In the first episode of our new series, we set out the big picture on inequality in the UK. We look at what has happened to income and wealth inequality and how Britain compares with other countrie...

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