The COVID-19 crisis hit after the weakest decade of growth in incomes since comparable records began. Years of stalled productivity and poor earnings growth, and deep cuts to working-age benefits had been a further drag on the living standards of many lower-income households.
Lower income households are twice as likely as high income households to have increased their use of consumer credit during the crisis, and are 50 per cent more likely to be saving less than usual.
Inspired by faith and disturbed by rising social and economic inequality, a group of Quakers are taking to their bikes and mobility scooters to ride from Cumbria to deliver a message to 10 Downing Street.
New data shows that in the West Midlands, women are less likely to be employed than men. The gap has widened significantly since 2010, in contrast to the rest of the UK, where it is closing. The gap is also greater for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women.
Quakers in Britain have become the first major religious body to be awarded the Pay Compare Mark.The mark is awarded to employers who disclose the gap between their highest and lower paid workers on the Pay Compare website.
Young people’s falling long-term economic prospects will not be improved by cutting pensioner benefits to fund more public spending on the young, says a new TUC report.
Negotiations between 193 countries have produced an agreement which will open a new era in the fight against poverty, inequality and environmental destruction, says Christian Aid.