Previous News: New National Statistics report - 'Focus on Social Inequalities'

'Focus on Social Inequalities' describes the different experiences of social groups in the UK today in six key areas:

• education
• work
• income
• living standards
• health
• participation

The report looks at the 'advantaged' as well as the 'disadvantaged' and explores the relative differences between them.

The study concludes that people in the United Kingdom are better off than in the past across a range of measures, but the benefits are not spread equally.

Household income and educational attainment have improved overall, but the gaps remain large. However, employment rates for most key groups that have been disadvantaged in the labour market have improved recently and at a greater rate than for the population overall. Nevertheless, a significant minority of people are affected by a lack of material resources and the inequality in the health of the population has widened.

Read or download the report:
Link to Office of National Statistics