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  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Disrupted Times
    UK economic outlook worsens as income inequality rises

    EU banking system remains ‘resilient’, Pfizer chief warns of Covid complacency, Biden to issue US policing reform

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK inequality worsens as wages rise fastest for high earners

    Soaring inflation is also hitting people on the lowest incomes harder than others

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    News in-depth
    The UK looks to innovation hubs to help ‘level up’ left behind areas

    R&D partnerships involving universities and industry are being set up in Manchester, the West Midlands and Glasgow

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    Number of UK households cutting back on meals jumps 57%

    Survey for the Food Foundation finds one in seven homes are ‘food insecure’

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    Tax
    Spring Statement: what’s in it for investors and householders?

    The economy is expected to grow, but the hit to our pockets will be as big as in the worst recessions

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Spring Statement
    Sunak’s cost of living measures fail to impress in Leicester

    Soaring prices are already driving many into poverty, say charities and social workers

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Britain’s poorest left to bear brunt of squeeze on cost of living

    Chancellor focuses support towards working families and middle- and high-income earners

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Interview
    Levelling up chief warns inflation will make tackling UK inequalities harder

    Andy Haldane admits cost of living crisis will hit ‘left behind’ areas but insists it will not derail policy

  • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
    Rising cost of living leaves 4.7mn Britons struggling to feed themselves

    Sharp increase in food insecurity amid warnings of worse still to come

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
    FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
    Forget reading Thomas Piketty. Try a bit of Terry Pratchett

    The proposal for a ‘Vimes Boots Index’ of inflation is a mark of the author’s lasting insights

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    ExplainerUK energy
    Who will be hit hardest by rising UK energy bills?

    Number of families spending more than 10% of disposable income on gas and electricity is set to double to 5mn

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    News in-depthUK energy
    Chancellor sets out £9bn in fuel relief with eye on polls

    Charities criticise package to soften blow of cost of living increases as ‘woefully inadequate’

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Rishi Sunak unveils £9bn package to offset 54% jump in British energy bills

    UK chancellor accused of ‘conjuring trick’ by offering £200 discount in October when price cap is expected to jump again

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    The UK makes a start — but only a start — at levelling up Premium content

    Government’s white paper reflects the scale of the challenge, but not yet a commitment to the required actions

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    Explainer
    Five takeaways from the UK’s levelling-up plan

    Experts weigh government proposals to tackle regional inequalities

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    UK business & economy
    Boris Johnson accused of manifesto ‘breach’ over EU regional funding

    Devolved nations and English regions say government not matching billions in development finance

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    News in-depth
    Poor face choice to ‘heat or eat’ as British energy price surge looms

    With most pandemic mitigation measures gone, soaring power bills are leaving many people with desperate choices

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    UK inflation
    UK inflation ‘similar’ for poorer and richer households, says ONS

    National statistics agency’s findings challenge claim that rate of price growth is greater for low-income families

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    Chris Giles
    How to keep your inheritance tax bill down

    Embrace diversity, stop being a Nimby and contribute to a new social and economic bargain

  • Saturday, 8 January, 2022
    Janan Ganesh
    Why homelessness is still with us

    It is not selfishness but an innocent trust in the outcomes of the market

  • Saturday, 8 January, 2022
    Savings
    UK household finances strong in face of inflation and spending increase

    But poor families remain under acute pressure

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    No easy fixes for Sunak to tackle cost-of-living crunch

    Chancellor’s allies say he acknowledges something will have to be done

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    Wealth inequality rises in Britain after decade of stability

    Top 1% of households have 230 times more wealth than those in the bottom 10%

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    While we wait for levelling up Premium content

    Some ideas for addressing regional inequality

  • Sunday, 2 January, 2022
    News in-depthHealth
    Spending cuts and deprivation hit England’s plans to stub out smoking by 2030

    In rundown Great Yarmouth, where almost one in four adults smoke, the government’s target feels very ambitious

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