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This Commentary provides an update on trends in poverty and inequality in Great Britain, based on the latest official government statistics. It uses the same approach to measuring incomes and poverty in Great Britain as the government employs in its Households Below Average Income (HBAI) publication.

Click here to access data on living standards, poverty and inequality since 1961 and to view our other annual reports on the topic.

    Authors

    Mike Brewer

    Mike Brewer

    Alissa Goodman
    Alissa Goodman

    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.

    Andrew Shephard
    Andrew Shephard

    Research Associate University of Pennsylvania

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

    Jonathan Shaw
    Jonathan Shaw

    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.

    Report details

    DOI
    10.1920/co.ifs.2005.0099
    ISBN
    978-1-903274-42-2
    Publisher
    IFS

    Suggested citation

    Brewer, M et al. (2005). Poverty and inequality in Britain: 2005. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/poverty-and-inequality-britain-2005 (accessed: 8 October 2024).

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