Downloads

comm101.pdf
PDF | 731.83 KB
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:


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

Research Fellow University of Essex and Resolution Foundation
Mike is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex.

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 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.

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: 11 December 2023).
Press release
More from IFS
Understand this issue

Cutting inheritance tax isn’t quite as simple as its proponents suggest
20 November 2023

Retirement is not always a choice that workers can afford to make
6 November 2023

What is the point of inheritance tax?
29 September 2023
Policy analysis

Social mobility and wealth

Help onto the housing ladder: the role of intergenerational transfers
8 December 2023

Around half of first-time buyers in their 20s receive financial help to buy their home, with large consequences for their subsequent wealth accumulation
8 December 2023
Academic research

Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income
2 November 2023

Changing inequalities in Europe and North America

The role of privately held firms in income inequality
29 November 2023