Who will do something about the following?
- On current trends the average British family will have 15% less cash coming in by 2020 than it had in 2008.
- UK has higher level of inequality than many other developed countries: Spain, Italy, Canada, Germany, France, Denmark
- 50% of children are born into renting families
- 1/3 of millennials face renting their entire lives
- Share of household income going to the richest 1% has tripled in the past three decades
- We have a 10-year gap in male life expectancy between richest and poorest areas
- Wealthiest people are more likely be living as a couple. Among the poor declining numbers are living with a partner, a pattern attributed to increasing job insecurity, a lack of financial independence and more ‘chaotic lives’
Mark Roberts 