The Scottish National Party led Scottish Government has identified household poverty as a key focus for its anti-poverty strategy. The government's "Solidarity Target" seeks to both increase wealth and increase the share of total income gained by these three deciles. The ability to demonstrate...

The revival of support for a living wage has reopened a long-run debate over the extent to which active regulation of labour markets may be necessary to attain desired outcomes. Market failure is suggested to result in lower wages and remuneration for low skilled workers than might otherwise be...

Introduction: Understanding Society: Poverty, wealth and inequality in the UK -- Understanding Society: Subjectivity, datasets and methodological aproaches -- Extreme Poverty: A structural inequality? -- The top 10%: Income and Wealth Inequality -- Inequality and Devolution. Localised solutions...

The revival of support for a living wage has reopened a long-run debate over the extent to which active regulation of labour markets may be necessary to attain desired outcomes. Market failure is suggested to result in lower wages and remuneration for low skilled workers than might otherwise be...

The revival of support for a living wage has reopened a long-run debate over the extent to which active regulation of labour markets may be necessary to attain desired outcomes. Market failure is suggested to result in lower wages and remuneration for low skilled workers than might otherwise be...