Index indicators
Additional statistics
Arguments
High levels of inequality lead to low levels of social mobility
High levels of inequality lead to low levels of social mobility
Income inequality is high by historical and European standards 
Income inequality is high by historical and European standards
Many high earners are paid unreasonably large amounts of money
Many high earners are paid unreasonably large amounts of money
Poor quality work undermines people’s physical and mental health
Poor quality work undermines people’s physical and mental health
There is little relationship between merit and reward
There is little relationship between merit and reward
Too many people are on low incomes and in insecure work
Too many people are on low incomes and in insecure work
Cited policy reports or articles
‘We are drowning in insecurity’: young people and life after the pandemic
Financial Times
‘We are drowning in insecurity’: young people and life after the pandemic
Apr 29, 2021
Financial TimesBroken Ladders: The Myth of Meritocracy for Women of Colour in the Workplace
Runnymede Trust
Fawcett Society
Broken Ladders: The Myth of Meritocracy for Women of Colour in the Workplace
May 25, 2022
Runnymede TrustFawcett SocietyCEO pay survey 2022: CEO pay surges 39%
High Pay Centre
CEO pay survey 2022: CEO pay surges 39%
Aug 22, 2022
High Pay Centre
Good Work Index 2022
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Good Work Index 2022
Jun 20, 2022
Chartered Institute of Personnel and DevelopmentHigh Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratios
High Pay Centre
High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratios
May 23, 2022
High Pay CentreHigher education, career opportunities, and intergenerational inequality
University of Warwick
Higher education, career opportunities, and intergenerational inequality
Oct 13, 2016
University of Warwick
Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty
University of Bristol
Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty
Sep 16, 2021
University of BristolOvercoming the liability of poorness: disadvantage, fragility, and the poverty entrepreneur
University of Notre Dame
Overcoming the liability of poorness: disadvantage, fragility, and the poverty entrepreneur
Oct 3, 2020
University of Notre Dame
Return of bumper pay growth in finance fuels new rise in earnings inequality
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Return of bumper pay growth in finance fuels new rise in earnings inequality
May 4, 2022
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Social Mobility: Past, Present and Future
Sutton Trust
Social Mobility: Past, Present and Future
Jun 1, 2022
Sutton Trust
The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve?
The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve?
Oct 19, 2018
The role of the workplace in ethnic wage differentials
City, University of London
The role of the workplace in ethnic wage differentials
Jul 30, 2022
City, University of LondonUniversities and Social Mobility
Sutton TrustInstitute for Fiscal Studies
Universities and Social Mobility
Nov 24, 2021
Sutton TrustInstitute for Fiscal StudiesWe need to challenge the myth that the rich are specially-talented wealth creators
London School of Economics
We need to challenge the myth that the rich are specially-talented wealth creators
Jan 27, 2015
London School of EconomicsWhy free school meal recipients earn less than their peers
Office for National Statistics
Why free school meal recipients earn less than their peers
Aug 4, 2022
Office for National StatisticsCited attitudinal and framing research
6 in 10 believe the main priority of business should be delivering better pay for their workers
High Pay Centre
6 in 10 believe the main priority of business should be delivering better pay for their workers
Oct 27, 2022
High Pay Centre60 per cent of Brits on £80,000-100,000 say they’re “about average”
New Statesman
60 per cent of Brits on £80,000-100,000 say they’re “about average”
Jul 4, 2022
New StatesmanFraming the economy
Frameworks UK
New Economics Foundation
Public Interest Research Centre
New Economy Organisers Network
Framing the economy
Feb 15, 2018
Frameworks UKNew Economics FoundationPublic Interest Research CentreNew Economy Organisers NetworkPoverty and public demand for redistribution
University of Oxford
Poverty and public demand for redistribution
Apr 24, 2023
University of OxfordSix out of ten people think CEOs should be paid no more than ten times their typical employee
High Pay Centre
Six out of ten people think CEOs should be paid no more than ten times their typical employee
May 2, 2022
High Pay Centre
Stories from partner organisations
A society deeply divided between the haves and have-nots ceases to function normally
Patriotic Millionaires
A society deeply divided between the haves and have-nots ceases to function normally
Graham Hobson, Photobox founder, talks about how unjustifiably excessive pay for CEOs creates social, economic and political problems
Patriotic MillionairesI don’t know how my school would function without teaching assistants
Guardian
I don’t know how my school would function without teaching assistants
Southampton headteacher Sian Carr talks about the impact of the cost of living crisis on teaching assistants
GuardianNHS nurse and single mum living on just £24 a week after bills
Wales Online
NHS nurse and single mum living on just £24 a week after bills
Heather says she has to take on extra shifts rather than spend time with her children, even working during her holiday
Wales OnlinePaying a higher rate of tax on earnings above £200k is not going to make you poor, is it?
Patriotic Millionaires
Paying a higher rate of tax on earnings above £200k is not going to make you poor, is it?
Gemma McGough argues that millionaires like her should be taxed more to tackle inequality and support public services
Patriotic MillionairesI made money by betting inequality was going to destroy our economy
Gary's Economics
I made money by betting inequality was going to destroy our economy
City trader turned campaigner Gary Stevenson on how our current economic system is broken, and rewards speculation
Gary's Economics
