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Early investigation into inequality in the UK centred on the role of diet. The work of John Boyd Orr was influential. In Food, Health and Income he examined diet in relation to income. His conclusion was that "as income increases, disease and death rate decrease, children grow more quickly, adult stature is greater and general health and ...
It was also found, in a 2021 study by The Health Foundation, that Britain spends the 6th most money on health care amongst "developed countries." This figure sits below the EU average and explains why some believe the welfare state is not so successful. It is also a fact that "The UK dedicates roughly one-fifth of its GDP to social spending.
Poverty within the UK is particularly concentrated in Wales. While the relative income-poverty rate for the UK stood at 16.8% in 2014, the same poverty rate for Wales stood at 23% in the same year. [95] [96] Poverty in Wales has remained in the 25% range, with only small dips throughout the last decade. [96]
2021 43.05 2021 Canada: Northern America: High income 31.7 2019 28.80 2021 29.2 2021 Switzerland: Western Europe: High income 33.7 2020 33.82 2021 Chile: South America: High income 43.0 2022 44.50 2022 44.8 2022 China: Eastern Asia: Upper middle income 35.7 2021 36.67 2020 Ivory Coast: Western Africa: Lower middle income 35.3
The scale of poverty and the inequality between the poorest and richest households is often being miscalculated as housing costs are not routinely considered in official statistics, a study has found.
The UK imposes a new package of trade, financial and aviation sanctions on Belarus, in response to continued human rights violations and the undermining of democracy by the Lukashenko regime. [289] 10 August A lawsuit is filed in New York against Prince Andrew, accusing him of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre. [290]
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The table below is for 2008, 2018, 2019 and 2021.The GDP data is based on data from the World Bank. [3] The population data is based on data from the UN. [4] The Wealth Gini coefficients from 2008 are based on a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.