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You and Yours: Call You and Yours: Inequality

Call You and Yours: Inequality

20/01/2015

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Call You and Yours: Inequality

Do you feel comfortable with the level of inequality in Britain today?

Call You and Yours is asking how comfortable are you with the levels of inequality in Britain today?

Call You & Yours is asking how comfortable are you with the level of inequality in Britain today? 

Email the programme now: youandyours@bbc.co.uk

As world leaders meet in the Swiss resort of Davos for the World Economic Forum, Oxfam has called on governments to adopt a plan to tackle inequality. The charity says governments need to clampdown on tax evasion, and ensure a living wage is paid to all workers. The UK is the only G7 nation where levels of inequality have risen over the past four year, and according to The Equality Trust the top fifth of the UK population have 42% of the country's income, and 60% of the wealth, while the bottom fifth have 8% of the income, and 1% of the wealth. 

So we are asking, has it gone too far? Or is some inequality inevitable and good for the economy? 

Email the programme with your experiences - have you noticed the rich getting richer, and the poor getting poorer? Are you living closer to the bread line? What difference have the super-rich made to you? 

The email address is youandyours@bbc.co.uk

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Natalie Donovan.

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