Privately educated children earn more than state-educated children with the same grades

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Explaining the data

The figures on earnings for privately-educated children were calculated by the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank and can be viewed here -http://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/publications/pr/graduate_earnings_301014.pdf

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There are more low-paid workers in the UK than in other advanced economies

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Explaining the data

This data is taken from the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development database via http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=AV_AN_WAGE. Figures are for 2012 and 2013, and are the most recent available for each country. More detailed figures on UK employment are available from the Office for National Statistics ‘jobs statistics’ at http://ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=Job+Statistics#tab-data-tables

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The poorest households spend nearly four-times more of their income on fuel than the richest

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Explaining the data:

The chart is taken from household energy spending in the UK 2002-2012, available from the Office for National Statistics via http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/household-income/expenditure-on-household-fuels/2002---2012/full-report--household-energy-spending-in-the-uk--2002--2012.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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The richest 100 people in the UK are as rich as the poorest 19 million. "All in it together"!

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Explaining the data

Based on research by the Equality Trust following analysis of the Sunday Times richlist and data from the Office of National Statistics. For full details visit http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/news/wealth-increase-britains-100-richest-would-pay-175-million-living-wage-jobs. 

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Pay has grown more quickly for the super-rich than low-paid workers

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Explaining the data:

The data on the minimum wage is available via https://www.gov.uk/ national-minimum-wage-rates... the data on CEO pay is taken from the Manifest/MM&K Total Director Remuneration Survey 2012 and 2013. 

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It take a CEO 3 days to "earn" what an average worker earns in a year!

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Explaining the data:

CEO pay of £4.25 million is take from the Manifest survey of CEO pay, while workers’ pay of £27,000 is taken from the Office of National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. To calculate hourly pay, we have (generously) assumed that CEOs take just 10 days annual leave and work an average 12 hours a day, 6 days a week.

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Does getting parents into work get children out of poverty?

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Explaining the data:

This information is from a 2012 report produced by the New Policy Institute for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2012

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