{"id":84636,"date":"2017-07-07T12:28:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T11:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=84636"},"modified":"2017-07-07T12:28:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T11:28:35","slug":"the-scale-of-economic-inequality-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/07\/07\/the-scale-of-economic-inequality-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scale of Economic Inequality in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>UK Income Inequality<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em>The UK has a very high level of income inequality compared to other developed countries.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Households in the bottom 10% of the population have on average a disposable (or net) income of \u00a39,644 (this includes wages and cash benefits, and is after direct taxes like income tax and council tax, but not indirect taxes like VAT). The top 10% have net incomes almost nine times that (\u00a383,875). As can be seen from the graph, income inequality is much starker at the top of the income scale, with the group with the 9th highest incomes making only 61% of the top 10%\u2019s income.<\/p>\n<p>Inequality is much higher amongst original incomes than disposable incomes with the poorest 10% having on average an original income of \u00a34,436 whilst the top 10% have an original income 24 times larger (\u00a3107,937)1.<\/p>\n<p>UK Income Inequality The UK has a very high level of income inequality compared to other developed countries. Households in the bottom 10% of the population have on average a disposable (or net) income of \u00a39,644 (this includes wages and cash benefits, and is after direct taxes like income tax and council tax, but not indirect taxes like VAT). The top 10% have net incomes almost nine times that (\u00a383,875). As can be seen from the graph, income inequality is much starker at the top of the income scale, with the group with the 9th highest incomes making only 61% of the top 10%\u2019s income. Inequality is much higher amongst original incomes than disposable incomes with the poorest 10% having on average an original income of \u00a34,436 whilst the top 10% have an original income 24 times larger (\u00a3107,937)1.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdiana.stone1%2Fposts%2F10154666344061129&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"482\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Income Inequality The UK has a very high level of income inequality compared to other developed countries. Households in the bottom 10% of the population have on average a disposable (or net) income of \u00a39,644 (this includes wages and cash benefits, and is after direct taxes like income tax and council tax, but not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/07\/07\/the-scale-of-economic-inequality-in-the-uk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Scale of Economic Inequality in the UK<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[79,57,45,110,109,66],"class_list":["post-84636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","tag-austerity","tag-economics","tag-politics","tag-poverty","tag-social-exclusion","tag-society"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-m16","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7741,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/04\/08\/dont-blame-rising-inequality-on-technological-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":84636,"position":0},"title":"Don\u2019t blame rising inequality on technological change","author":"diana Stone","date":"April 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"If governments had taken a hands-on approach to industrial development the UK wouldn\u2019t have suffered the huge loss of secure jobs we\u2019ve seen in recent years","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powered by Guardian.co.uk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15688,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/07\/27\/france-wants-to-outlaw-discrimination-against-the-poor-is-that-so-ridiculous\/","url_meta":{"origin":84636,"position":1},"title":"France wants to outlaw discrimination against the poor \u2013 is that so ridiculous?","author":"diana Stone","date":"July 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In France, denying jobs, healthcare or housing to people in poverty is well on the way to becoming illegal. 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