Top Universities are dominated by students who went to private school: Barely half of entrants to Oxford University are state educated, compared to 93% of the wider population

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Explaining the data

These figures were taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. You can see the full results at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/pis/urg

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Most of the UK's wealth belongs to the richest fifth of the population

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Explaining the data

This data is from the Office for National Statistics Wealth in Great Britain, Wave Three report covering the years 2010-12 (the most recent period for which data is available). The report can be found online at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/was/wealth-in-great-britain-wave-3/2010-2012/index.html

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Most people want to cut the gap between rich and poor. Overwhelming majority want action to reduce inequality

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Explaining the data

These figures are taken from polling carried out on behalf of the High Pay Centre by ICM. To see the results in more detail, visit http://highpaycentre.org/blog/ukip-supporters-say-tackling-rich-poor-gap-is-higher-priority-than-taxes-an

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Income inequality in the UK - watch this shocking new video

Income inequality in the UK - watch this shocking new video

Income inequality has become an increasingly important political issue in recent months. Our new 3 minute animation outlines the size of the paygap and compares the situation with other European countries, where similar levels of total income are shared much more evenly, meaning that people at the bottom and in the middle have more.

The film highlights how:

• pay for top bosses nearly doubled over the past decade, while ordinary workers wages remained the same
• a FTSE 100 CEO earns four times as much in one year as the average worker does in their entire lifetime
• if total incomes in the UK were divided as evenly as in Denmark or the Netherlands, 99 per cent of households would be better off by nearly £3,000 per year

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Nearly one third of all wealth in UK is inherited not earned

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Explaining the data:

This is important because wealth ownership in the UK is incredibly unequal and inherited wealth only goes to the richest few. Most people don’t own any wealth whatsoever, while only 13% inherit anything. The original data come from HMRC statistics on inherited estates, and the Attitudes to Inheritance Survey. 

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Top jobs dominated by ex-pupils from private schools: how wealth and power is passed on

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Explaining the data:

These figures are provided by research from the Sutton Trust – a summary of findings can be found athttp://www.suttontrust.com/ news/fast-facts/ 

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Family wealth more than ever influences ability to buy own house

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Explaining the data:

The main figure comes from the Council of Mortgage Lenders from Dec 2011,http://www.cml.org.uk/cml/publications/ newsandviews/104/390. The restriction to those under-30 is because at older ages people are more likely to be ‘returners’ (i.e. we are less confident that they are truly first-time buyers). 

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Who owns all the land? 1% owns 47%

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Explaining the data:

This information comes from Kevin Cahill’s comprehensive analysis of land ownership in Britain, Who Owns Britain (Canongate, 2002).

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How likely are you to inherit?

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Explaining the data:

This information comes from a 2011 report by Dr Eleni Karagiannaki at LSE (‘Recent Trends in the size and the distribution of inherited wealth in the UK’). The original data come from HMRC statistics on inherited estates, and the Attitudes to Inheritance Survey. We define ‘real inheritance’ as any inheritance of over £2,000.

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