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  • 27 Jul 2010
    Health gap between rich and poor wider than in 1930s

    The health gap between the richest and poorest in Britain is now wider than it was during the great depression, according to researchers from Sheffield and Bristol Universities. The figures reflect a similar growth in economic inequality.

  • 28 May 2010
    Win two tickets to 'Welcome to Thebes'

    Win one of three pairs of tickets to the National Theatre’s spectacular new production Welcome to Thebes - a new play by Moira Buffini.

  • 25 Apr 2010
    The Rich List should be an election issue

    The front pages of two of today's newspapers say a great deal about the skewed priorities that are continuing to shape the general election campaign.

  • 29 Mar 2010
    Playing chicken: Income inequality and its devastating social impact

    Imagine what our world would look like if instead of money as currency, our communities were based on the trading of chickens. In this world of chicken trading it would be very obvious if one person’s ‘wealth’ of chickens was dramatically more than that of someone else, says Jonathan Dorsett

  • 26 Mar 2010
    How greater equality could radically improve life in London

    Rates of obesity, mental illness and teenage pregnancy in London could plummet if the gap between rich and poor was as small as that in some other countries, new research from The Equality Trust is proposing.

  • 17 Feb 2010
    Church leaders in Ash Wednesday challenge to economic inequality

    Church leaders in West Yorkshire will come together today to issue a joint statement urging greater action to tackle the increasing gap between rich and poor in the UK.

  • 27 Jan 2010
    Church poverty campaigners seek action on scandal of UK inequality

    Church Action on Poverty is calling on Christians to demand that politicians make it a priority to close the gap between rich and poor, following the release of startling new figures revealing a dramatic level of inequality in the UK.

  • 13 Oct 2008
    Internet ethics groups seeks to bridge global digital divide

    A Geneva-based network that promotes debate on ethical issues has launched a global online library, with more than 1 million documents, to help lessen the "digital divide" between the northern and southern hemispheres.

  • 20 Sep 2008
    Keep the Promise Rally: End Child Poverty

    Growing up in poverty hurts

    1 in 3 children live in poverty in the UK today.
    We can see the damage that poverty does to our society and are demanding a better future for all our children.

  • 23 Apr 2008
    Church report says the rich benefit from global corruption

    Rich nations are the real beneficiaries of the "boom industry" of global corruption that is making the world's poor even poorer, says a hard-hitting new report from the United Church in Australia. It calls for an end to tax havens.