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Poverty levels below 5%, claims NITI Aayog chief

Less than 5% of Indians below poverty line, rural incomes rising faster than urban, inequality declining, lifestyle changes evident.

The Hindu

From gender to race: how cancer inequality is being tackled across the UK

More people are surviving cancer than ever before, but factors such as socioeconomic background, race and gender can negatively impact outcomes for many – but important work is being done to make sure that no one is left behind

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift wows Chinese women tired of Xi Jinping’s conservative era

Women belting out feminist lyrics that denounce gender inequality. Teenagers in glittery dresses dancing to songs celebrating LGBTQ freedoms. The number 1989 — the most sensitive year in modern Chinese politics — displayed in huge type on the theater screen.

The Times of India

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Country witnessing complete rejection of core principles of democracy: Parakala Prabhakar

Political economist Parakala Prabhakar warns against growing inequality and 'past worshipping' in India, urging society to protect core democratic values.

The Hindu

Why most millionaires want a wealth tax

Inequality expert Chuck Collins explains how "wealth is a type of disconnection drug"

Salon

Labour plans to extend equal pay rights to black, Asian and minority ethnic staff

Exclusive: Radical changes in a draft race equality act would give same protections as women now receive

The Guardian - UK

Delays in cleaning up EU air will cause thousands more early deaths, say health experts

Respiratory scientists say inaction will ‘widen inequality gap’ between eastern and western Europe

The Guardian - UK

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Finland strikes expected to bring country to standstill

Hundreds of thousands expected to strike until Friday in response to proposed changes to employees’ rights and benefits cuts

The Guardian - UK

Growth mania can be injurious to society

It should matter to us that it matter to us that the growth in India is unequal and as India is a democracy, it is not in the spirit of democracy to have such divergent economic outcomes

The Hindu

New Party Proposes More Pensions, Fewer Weapons to Combat AfD

Discover the new political party in Germany that aims to tackle issues such as inequality and military spending, proposing to increase pensions and reduce ...

Top News

Demoralised and shattered: yes, the left in the UK is down. But here’s why it isn’t out

Starmer is intent on eliminating the ‘Corbynite rump’, but their ideas are far more plausible in our age of staggering inequality, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s richest 10% don’t think they’re wealthy – and that’s disastrous in the fight against inequality

Labour’s plan to charge private schools VAT has caused predictable uproar and revealed skewed perceptions of wealth, says the New Statesman’s Anoosh Chakelian

The Guardian - UK

Damning Report Claims The Govt Created The Housing Crisis By ‘Lining The Pockets’ Of Investors

A damning new report by social housing organisation Everybody's Home has accused the government of creating a housing crisis by subsiding landowners and homeowners, and says urgent tax changes are needed to alleviate inequality.

Pedestrian.tv

The Guardian view on school reform: southern discomfort about the class divide

Editorial: To fight inequality in a highly unequal city, Brighton council is changing its admission policy. It’s a big, bold move

The Guardian - UK

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Latin Times

Economic Inequality is Getting Worse and It's Affecting Latin America: Oxfam

Carlos Brown Solá, research director at Oxfam Mexico, dissects the organization's latest report: "Inequality Inc."

International Business Times

Quiet And Not-so-quiet Luxury At Paris Fashion Week

The Paris Fashion Week menswear shows draw to an close on Sunday. Whether out of guilt at deepening social inequality or for the love of classic tailoring, the trend showed no sign of abating in Paris this week.

Salon

It's about wages, not education

Want to reduce inequality, create opportunity and win back working-class voters? There's an easy solution

Reason

The World Could Soon Have Its First Trillionaire. Good!

A new report brings remarkable economic illiteracy to its focus on poverty and inequality.

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Salon

Who invented avocado toast?

We can all thank Chef Bill Granger for the proliferation of ubiquitous and iconic avocado toast

International Business Times UK

Over 250 Richest People In The World Ask Politicians To Tax Their Wealth

Wealth inequality has become a highly divisive issue.

The Guardian - UK

Tax our wealth, super-rich tell politicians at Davos

Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequality

The Guardian - UK

Shine a light on socially selective comprehensives

Letter: The Sutton Trust should look at even greater unfairness such as funding inequality for different areas, writes Yvonne Williams

France 24

Cyber resilience closely linked to GDP: SecurityScorecard CEO tells France 24

The World Economic Forum has kicked off in Davos, bringing together nearly 3,000 global leaders including some 60 heads of state and government, corporate bosses and prominent figures in public institutions. This year's theme is "Rebuilding Trust" as wars, climate change and a slowing economy continue to erode global cooperation.…

The Conversation

Six ways inequality holds back climate action

Are improvements to green technologies, like better batteries and more efficient solar panels, enough on their own to tackle climate change? Unfortunately not. Our behaviour and lifestyles must change too.

France 24

Davos 2024: Oxfam slams 'decade of division' amid worsening inequality

The fortunes of the world's five richest men have more than doubled since 2020, while three in five people around the globe have been made poorer. Those are just some of the findings in Oxfam's new inequality report, released to coincide with the start of the World Economic Forum, an…

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