The impact of wealth inequality | ep 114

The UK is remarkably unequal. The richest 1% of Britons hold more wealth than 70 % of us combined. Wealth inequality is gendered, racialised, and extremely regional. Men have an average private pension wealth of £83,879 more than women, a gap of 90%. People in the black Caribbean, Bangladeshi and black African ethnic groups have more net debt (31%, 38% and 44% respectively) than individuals in the Indian ethnic group and the white British and Pakistani ethnic groups (11% and around 15% respec...

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