Thomas Piketty refuses to censor latest book for sale in China
French economist admired by Xi Jinping says he will not cut sections on inequality in China The latest book by the French economist Thomas Piketty appears unlikely to be sold… »
Category: Inequality
‘Tone-deaf’ ministers reject BAME review of English curriculum
Exclusive: schools minister rejects proposal by cross-party MPs for more black input into history syllabus Calls for a review to add more black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) history to… »
UK working mothers are ‘sacrificial lambs’ in coronavirus childcare crisis
Exclusive: Survey reveals lack of childare played role in almost half of female layoffs ‘Sexist policies’: mothers struggle to return to work Economic fallout from pandemic will hit women hardest… »
Super-rich call for higher taxes on wealthy to pay for Covid-19 recovery
Exclusive: Group of 83 wealthy individuals demands ‘immediate, substantial and permanent’ higher taxes ‘on people like us’ A group of 83 of the world’s richest people have called on governments… »
Five friends, five victims: how Covid-19 tore a hole in one Pakistani community
Loved by their 41 grandchildren, the men died within 17 days of each other. Their loss highlights the virus’s brutal toll on minorities In photographs together and with their families,… »
Ethnic minorities dying of Covid-19 at higher rate, analysis shows
Exclusive: ministers urged to recognise racial inequality and race are risk factors for disease Analysis Case study: ‘What’s happening is not normal’ The government has been urged to recognise that… »
Austerity blamed for life expectancy stalling for first time in century
Landmark England review says policy causing unprecedented damage to health and life chances How deprivation in the north has led to a health crisis Life expectancy has stalled for the… »
Minority staff asked for security passes more in parliament, report finds
House of Lords changes rules after warning BAME workers excluded from facilities for mostly-white peers Parliament has been accused of operating a form of apartheid after a report found that… »
‘Downward mobility’ a reality for many British youngsters today
Social policy experts call for educational, tax and pay reforms to beat economic slide Downward mobility – the phenomenon of children doing less well than their parents – will become… »
Home Office failing to erase gay men’s unfair convictions, critics say
Scheme introduced in 2012 has wiped fewer than 200 historical offences from criminal records A Home Office scheme designed to wipe historical convictions for consensual gay sex from people’s records… »
Britain’s ethnic pay gap: workers of Bangladeshi heritage paid least
First official statistics for Great Britain also reveal London has largest ethnic pay gap Workers of Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage have the lowest median hourly pay of any ethnic group,… »
Weak pay rises and dearer housing fuel jump in working poor, says IFS
Number in poverty rises to 8m, with 60% living in households where someone works Britain has seen a big jump in the working poor since the 1990s, with almost three… »
Divided, pessimistic, angry: survey reveals bleak mood of pre-Brexit UK
‘I can’t recall such despair,’ says top pollster, and 72% of population fear divisions will get worse Britain is a more polarised and pessimistic nation than it has been for… »
Big firms lying about female and minority directors, says top business chief
Exclusive: Charlotte Valeur says she will call for new laws if FTSE 350 firms don’t improve diversity The new chair of one of the UK’s most influential business groups has… »
Silicon Valley’s inequality machine: a conversation with Anand Giridharadas
Editor’s Note: Technology, startups, entrepreneurship, unicorns, S-1s. Silicon Valley has created an economic engine unlike any other in the world over the past few decades. That success has come with… »
Deprived northern regions worst hit by UK austerity, study finds
Poorest areas bearing brunt of council spending cuts, according to thinktank analysis Austerity cuts have fallen hardest on deprived communities in the north of England, which are enduring the highest… »
Tesco, Mothercare and M&S use factory paying workers 35p an hour
Bangladeshi firm that made charity Spice Girls T-shirts also works with major UK retailers Revealed: Spice Girls T-shirts made in factory paying staff 35p an hour Tesco, Marks & Spencer… »
World’s 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam
Charity calls for 1% wealth tax, saying it would raise enough to educate every child not in school The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a… »
Revealed: Spice Girls T-shirts made in factory paying staff 35p an hour
Workers producing tops sold to raise money for Comic Relief receive far below a living wage ‘Inhuman conditions’: life in factory making Spice Girls T-shirts Spice Girls T-shirts sold to… »
This is a vital study of racial bias. Now will Britain take heed? | Afua Hirsch
The Guardian’s Bias in Britain poll supplies concrete evidence for what ethnic minorities have known all along What does racial prejudice mean in Britain today? Is it, as one woman… »
Giveaway budget leaves low-paid women worse off
Study by IPPR finds combination of tax cuts and benefits freeze has widened inequality Millions of women in low-paid, part-time work will be among the main losers from tax and… »
Opposition figure picked up after landing in home country following recovery from poisoning The Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on his return from… »
Latest news: Dido Harding facing questions from public accounts committee; UK records 599 further Covid deaths and 37,535 cases Scrap benefits cut to stop millions falling into poverty, PM told… »
