UK inequality is getting worse, right? But what if it isn’t?
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.It’s only natural that a Labour government would want to concern itself with inequality, not least because that’s what many voters want. According to the Resolution Foundation, the share of the public citing poverty and inequality as one of the most important issues facing the UK rose from 7 per cent in 2010 to 19 per cent on the eve of the pandemic.It seems obvious that inequality in the UK has...