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UK’s new legal minimum wage gets a 9.8 percent rise, the highest boost since 2001. But with inflation, it’s not enough.

Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones. Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment than are those in unequal, consumer-driven ones.

In the decade and a half since 2010, the social counterrevolution carried out against the wages and conditions of millions of workers has seen a gilded elite amassing more wealth than ever before.

A look at the state of the UK economy under Tory rule

UK spends more than any other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country on financing structural inequality in favor of the rich,

The UK is outpacing all other nations in the OECD and leads the way in channeling substantial resources to perpetuate structural inequality in favor of the wealthy, according to a recent study by the Equality Trust.

Inequalities of income, wealth and power cost UK £106.2bn a year compared with average developed OECD country

The gender pay gap in earnings reflects economic inequality about older women entering retirement with lower accrued earnings.

Equal Pay Day report from Fawcett Society blames lack of flexible working in well-paid high-quality jobs

Interest rates will not rise further, economists have predicted, after the Bank of England decided to hold borrowing costs at 5.25pc.