How unequal is British society? The National Equality Panel, in its report on economic inequality, breaks the bad news (or tells us what we know already) about the distribution of wealth in the UK. In spite of all efforts to change the situation "the large inequality growth between the late 1970s and early 1990s has not been reversed. " While some of the widest gaps (such as those in educational qualifications amongst some ethnic groups) have narrowed, there remain "deep-seated and systematic differences in economic outcomes between social groups" in all the dimensions the Panel considered. The report looks at educational achievement, employment status and income as well as wealth per se.
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