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Wealth gap widens


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The rich are getting richer while the poor get poorer, according to official statistics, dealing a heavy blow to Theresa May’s claim to be tackling “burning injustices”.

 

They showed the incomes of the richest fifth of households grew by 4.7 per cent last year – while the incomes of the poorest fifth of households fell by 1.6 per cent. 8-)

 

The ONS also reported that the richest 1 per cent of the population enjoys more than 7 per cent of total household disposable income, averaging 7.1 per cent between 2011 and 2018.

 

Staggering.....though hardly surprised as this governments treatment of the less well off was slammed as "punitive, mean spirited and callous" by UN special rapporteur Professor Philip Alston who gave a report after studying extreme poverty in UK.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/inequality-benefits-freeze-ons-brexit-theresa-may-labour-austerity-a8797416.html

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