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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.

For further analysis, see also:

Initial analysis of HBAI figures

Lone parents and tax credits

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.

    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.

    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.

    Report details

    DOI
    10.1920/co.ifs.2006.0101
    ISBN
    978-1-903274-45-3
    Publisher
    IFS

    Suggested citation

    Brewer, M et al. (2006). Poverty and inequality in Britain: 2006. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/poverty-and-inequality-britain-2006 (accessed: 24 April 2025).

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