These are some of key findings in Poverty and Inequality in Britain: 2005, an analysis by researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies of the latest annual Households Below Average Income data released this morning by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Mike Brewer

Research Fellow University College London
Alissa is an IFS Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.

Research Associate University of Pennsylvania
Andrew is a Research Associate at the IFS and an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Research Fellow Financial Conduct Authority
Jonathan is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Technical Specialist in the Economics Department at the Financial Conduct Authority.
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