This article was written for Coalition Economics, which is hosting a collection of contributions from leading economic experts, intended to provide critical but fair assessments of the economic policies pursued by the coalition government in the UK since May 2010.  

Authors

Luke Sibieta
Luke Sibieta

Research Fellow

Luke is a Research Fellow at the IFS and his general research interests include education policy, political economy and poverty and inequality.

Robert Joyce
Robert Joyce

Deputy Director

Robert is a Deputy Director. His work focuses on primarily on the labour market, income and wealth inequality, and the design of the welfare system.

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Publisher
Coalition Economics

Suggested citation

Joyce, R and Sibieta, L. (2015). The Coalition’s record on poverty and inequality. London: Coalition Economics. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/coalitions-record-poverty-and-inequality (accessed: 25 April 2024).

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