Jon HyslopFor my last few toots I have been mostly using #UKPolicyCharts to show how inequality has increased over the last 14 years and more. It has become a runaway train. It is cementing itself across generations, and internationally. I'm not sure if either of the two main parties have policies to slow it up, even though both profess to. Still, I live in love, hope and optimism for a better future. #GE2024UK
At the other end of the wealth spectrum, poverty is growing. This Health Foundation chart shows that three times as many people from people from Black, Black British, Caribbean or African backgrounds experience housing poverty compared to White people, again a gap that widened between 2010-11 & 2021-22. The UK is not just becoming much more unequal, but the growth in inequality is being 'baked in' by Tory, Labour and LibDem policies that promote home ownership. #UKPolicyCharts 3/3 Ends
Most importantly, it shows how INTERGENERATIONAL inequality is growing. The chart below from the shows the proportion of people needing help from their parents to buy, which rose to more than 50% in 2013-14. So the people paying 1/4 as much for their housing today are able to do so because they were born into a (comparatively) wealthy family #UKPolicyCharts 2/3
🧵 This Resolution Foundation graph comparing housing costs for renters and owner-occupiers again shows growing inequality under the ConDem and Conservative governments of the last 15 years. TBF it was widening under New Labour before that, too. This is important for many reasons 1/3 #UKPolicyCharts
This latest in my #UKPolicyCharts series comes from The Health Foundation in 2022, and shows health inequality against neighbourhood deprivation 🧵 . https://www.health.org.uk/evidence-hub/health-inequalities/proportion-of-population-reporting-good-health-by-age-and-deprivation People in all areas start healthy and end up as we all do. But the curve in the middle bulges to show a difference of >20 years between the average age at which less than half the population is healthy between rich and poor areas. This is a good indicator of wider policy impacts on wellbeing 1/3
🧵 There have been some interesting #UKPolicyCharts in the run-up to the General Election here on 4th July. This one published in @FT is particularly telling. Source: https://www.ft.com/content/bc19bbf4-2939-489e-a113-e21d5baf356d (paywall)