Index indicators
Additional statistics
Arguments
![Disadvantage undermines people’s capabilities and opportunities](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fe6aad3b2-7329-4532-b0f6-ea1b9958f299.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Income inequality is high by historical and European standards](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fadcf68e9-c250-46f8-be17-3a74eecce06f.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![People from poorer backgrounds are less likely to get to and do well at university](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F1f36b89f-c729-47b8-8449-858786032b9a.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![People from poorer backgrounds do less well at school](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F6af121b3-27e9-47df-9683-3499560ab9b5.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Poorer people don’t have a buffer against economic shocks](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F41895ae7-ea6a-4e83-86db-8b8779dec8cd.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Socio-economic inequality leads to environmental inequality](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F39ddb333-260d-4cc8-968d-979274837747.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Socio-economic inequality leads to health inequalities](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F3bb9c576-12b5-435f-9337-7226c49a2754.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Socio-economic inequality leads to more crime and less effective criminal justice](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Ff8f223a7-1916-4af3-9778-8aa0c6b3ff73.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Socio-economic inequality leads to political inequality](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fdfb642f8-e63b-47be-88d8-c8eb5e521c5c.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![The best way to become wealthy is to be wealthy already](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fa5713e6a-fc12-44a8-8ee2-1da4b0f25f01.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![The education system can never totally compensate for disadvantage](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Ffb679bb4-62aa-4e7d-920b-32bbaad48792.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![The rising costs of living hit poorer households harder](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fa7b31dde-c544-415b-8ad4-517e61f20c63.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![The structure of our economy leads to huge regional inequalities](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fed22cc40-9eb9-4d74-b2ad-968725f190d2.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![There is little relationship between merit and reward](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F6d08feb1-6b82-4707-8694-6963a560f972.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Too many people are on low incomes and in insecure work](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Ffe9e7da9-3a57-4d51-88d5-8ac7cd19c577.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Wealth inequality is much larger than income inequality](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fbee09413-20f4-49a7-b3a8-e06346dabd88.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
Cited policy reports or articles
![‘We are drowning in insecurity’: young people and life after the pandemic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F7bdec171-7fc4-4e26-af87-7617fbe2e957.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Falling further behind: hardship among benefit capped families as prices rise](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fcb10a02e-9dd9-4628-a125-6c2dee742e87.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Inheritances and inequality over the life cycle: what will they mean for younger generations?](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F646bcb00-a9dd-4d4e-814b-ad2e713b9ad4.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fbacfb1d7-308e-4460-a805-eb8e4810472c.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Official statistics underestimate wealth inequality in Britain](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F3f0c79f7-4cef-46d2-a812-0fb9520b1eed.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Overcoming the liability of poorness: disadvantage, fragility, and the poverty entrepreneur](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F605f324b-29ab-4248-b5b0-b7b22c0dd52c.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Pre-pandemic relative poverty rate for children of lone parents almost double that for children living with two parents](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F183c7ab9-1537-4025-a2ae-adaff8682dbd.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Sources of wealth and their implications for taxation](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fadca03b4-de8b-4b00-81cb-66cbd1eb2f06.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![We need to challenge the myth that the rich are specially-talented wealth creators](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2Fe10ebf83-fce5-4afb-b2eb-bf76741fce85.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
![Why free school meal recipients earn less than their peers](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.super.so%2F03f51344-31a4-4cd4-8699-526fe796a0ee%2Fimages%2F98e590d6-8291-4556-8458-24f9750f20f0.jpg&w=1080&q=90)
Cited attitudinal and framing research
Stories from partner organisations
This documentary explores how cuts to children's services are affecting the poorest families and disrupting their children’s education
![I don’t know how my school would function without teaching assistants](https://images.spr.so/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/j42No7y-dcokJuNgXeA0ig/466905e0-efe4-434b-81f9-36a5d2560a76/1737.jpg/w=1920,quality=90,fit=scale-down)
Southampton headteacher Sian Carr talks about the impact of the cost of living crisis on teaching assistants
Heather says she has to take on extra shifts rather than spend time with her children, even working during her holiday
Joanna talks about how her monthly paycheque is not enough to cover her rent, food, bills and other family essentials
Aneita talks about how a problem with her tax credits meant she was forced to use a food bank
Megan talks about how, although she is training full-time as a midwife, she only gets 15 hours of free childcare per week
City trader turned campaigner Gary Stevenson on how our current economic system is broken, and rewards speculation
Two friends, Amelia and Naomi, share their different experiences of poverty and the impact it has had on them
Paulette describes her experiences of living with the poverty premium by paying additional costs for a prepayment meter