The Latest Breaking News from Inequality

Governments across the world chose policies that deepened economic inequality after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.

UK-based charity says rich and poor countries alike exacerbated rising economic inequality during the pandemic.

Ghana is struggling with managing its debt, 20-year high inflation, a weak currency, and rising inequality. For example, inflation rose to 33.9% in August 2022 from 9.7% a year earlier, while the cedi has depreciated by 41% year-to-date against the US dollar. These vulnerabilities have been worsened by the aftershocks…

One in six black and minority ethnic renters has seen an increase in their rent in the past month

World Mental Health Day is making mental health a global priority. Abi Jackson talks to Rethink Mental Illness’ deputy CEO Brian Dow

On one side, oceans of wealth and power. On the other, precarity and powerlessness. But we have the tools for reform

Editorial: The disproportionate impact of cost of living rises on ethnic minorities, especially women, must be addressed

Liz Truss’s threats of a real-terms cut would ramp up inequality and hamper her beloved growth, says Lalitha Try, a researcher at the Resolution Foundation

Editorial: Michael Gove is doing the country a service by resisting a government with no mandate