<p>Poverty and inequality both increased for a third successive year in 2007-08, with the incomes of poorer households falling in real terms since the last election while those of richer households increased, according to official statistics released today.</p>

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    Mike Brewer

    Mike Brewer

    Luke Sibieta
    Luke Sibieta

    Research Fellow

    Luke is a Research Fellow at the IFS and his general research interests include education policy, political economy and poverty and inequality.

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    Alastair Muriel

    David Phillips
    David Phillips

    Associate Director

    David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.

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