Tag: Inequality

Total Results: 102


Will Covid make us notice the poor? Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
24 Jun 2020 - 1:00am

The Tories’ shameful record on the homeless Will Covid will make us realise that something must be done about the poor?

James Bloodworth

Monday, 15 June

15.06

Facts vs feelings in the BLM debate Despite activist anger, the statistics tell a broadly positive story about black middle-class advancement

David Goodhart

Thursday, 11 June

11.06

Bristol’s woke hypocrisy The city's deep inequalities are ignored by activists in favour of headline-grabbing stunts

James Bloodworth

Monday, 8 June

08.06

The inequality that fuels our dangerous times Racism is the driving factor behind current protests — but there are other issues at play

Peter Franklin

Wednesday, 3 June

03.06

Why Covid will batter seaside towns For Britain's coastal resorts, this will be a summer like no other

Madeleine Bunting

Thursday, 28 May

28.05

Simplicity is at the root of policy failures Whether it's lockdown regulations or welfare payments, one-size-fits-all is not the answer

Polly Mackenzie

Tuesday, 19 May

19.05

Up the workers: how Covid reset society’s values After decades of disdain for working people, their worth has risen rapidly. Will we back up our words with action?

Jenny McCartney

Wednesday, 29 April

29.04

How will the Tories fix the Covid fracture? As the pandemic deepens inequality and cripples communities, the Government has a choice

Paul Embery

Tuesday, 31 March

31.03

Give everyone a debt holiday While the pandemic traps the poorest workers at home, their ability to meet repayments is in freefall

Phillip Blond

Monday, 23 December

23.12

Brexit has exposed our education apartheid The referendum threw full light on the worsening education divide that cleaves our society

Matthew Goodwin

Wednesday, 27 November

27.11

Everything we do with tax is wrong Our hugely complicated tax system takes huge chunks of our cash — yet only makes inequality worse

Dominic Frisby

Wednesday, 18 September

18.09

Who will speak for today’s working class? The upper echelons of the Church now appeal more to Remain-supporting Hampstead than Leave-supporting Hartlepool

Paul Embery