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June 2008
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Poverty and inequality rise again as benefit payments lag inflation and incomes grow fastest for the rich
Type: IFS Press Releases
Authors: Mike Brewer, Alastair Muriel, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta

Poverty and inequality both increased for a second successive year during 2006-07, as benefit and tax credit increases failed to keep pace with rising inflation, and as the richest households enjoyed the biggest increases in income, according to official statistics released today.

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