Part I – the staggering truth about inequality in the UK
Scope: compares the UK v peers across a wide range of social metrics and outcomes
Summary:
Since 1980, the UK govt has spent far less than its European peers on welfare, health, education, childcare support and other public goods and services
Since 1980, like its anglosphere peers, UK govt has applied a more strident form of neoliberalism than its European peers
Today, the UK has the poorest life expectancy, child mortality and adult learning statistics against European peers
Conclusion:
Today UK is the most unequal country in North West Europe