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Mashup Score: 0Inequality control • Resolution Foundation - 1 hour(s) ago
The turbulent 2020s have had profound implications for household wealth in Britain: lockdowns pushed saving to unprecedented highs, asset prices surged and then tanked, and high inflation eroded the real value of wealth. This recent turbulence came on the back of decades of rising wealth. But, unlike elsewhere, relative wealth inequality in Britain did not soar during the era of rapidly rising wealth. This report discusses what lies behind this puzzling stability, which is key to understanding the reality of wealth inequality in Britain today and how it might evolve in future.
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Mashup Score: 0An intergenerational audit for the UK • Resolution Foundation - 1 year(s) ago
Five years ago, our Intergenerational Commission set out the numerous threats to the UK’s promise of intergenerational progress. More recently, the spotlight has once again fallen on this issue, but this time in the US, where the latest data has started to suggest that living standards for the millennials are catching up with, and on … Continued
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Mashup Score: 2Reversing the National Insurance rise will give most to those who need help the least • Resolution Foundation - 2 year(s) ago
Commenting on the Chancellor’s announcement this afternoon (Thursday) that the Government will reverse the recent 1.25 per cent increase in the National Insurance contribution (NICs) rate from 6 November this year, Karl Handscomb, Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: “While raising National Insurance was a flawed way to fund social care provision that would … Continued
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Inequality control: Why wealth inequality has not increased in UK while asset prices have soared and what that means for the future https://t.co/57Ym6xrXbW via @simonpittaway & @resfoundation