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Networks of entrepreneurs with links to deprived communities are being harnessed as investors and business role models
‘You can see the weight on people’s shoulders and in their faces’
Rising hardship in schools risks exacerbating educational inequality and hampering pupils’ long-term prospects
Better than cutting benefits would be to get tough on the causes of welfare spending
The labour force needs investment in health, social care and childcare
Tax cuts for businesses and the better-off questioned by economists and draw furious reaction from Labour
When it comes to average household incomes, the UK may soon need to ask migrant labourers to take a pay cut
End Fuel Poverty Coalition urges next PM to swiftly help households cope with soaring energy bills
Health experts call on government to intervene over rising energy bills and falling living standards
Wealthy Americans may be helping to drive inflation and the financialisation of the economy
Education cannot compensate for the failure to implement redistributive social policies
Institute for Fiscal Studies research shows family background still a main driver in performance at school and later life
Government warned that relying on voluntary sector to fill gaps risks entrenching deep-rooted inequalities
The UK is experiencing the worst in-work poverty since records began. Charitable donors must step in
Resolution Foundation finds renters, single parents and those with young children to be most vulnerable
IPPR report shows strong link between economic deprivation and levels of illness
Rather than class or income, it’s how people feel when facing a harsh economic climate that governs their choice in elections
Heather Wheeler apologises for remark made on same day Johnson gave speech in Blackpool
Part guide, part indictment of a yawning wealth gap, Caroline Knowles’s eye-opening book reveals how the capital has changed over the decades
EU banking system remains ‘resilient’, Pfizer chief warns of Covid complacency, Biden to issue US policing reform
Soaring inflation is also hitting people on the lowest incomes harder than others
R&D partnerships involving universities and industry are being set up in Manchester, the West Midlands and Glasgow
Survey for the Food Foundation finds one in seven homes are ‘food insecure’
The economy is expected to grow, but the hit to our pockets will be as big as in the worst recessions
Soaring prices are already driving many into poverty, say charities and social workers
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