The Latest Breaking News from Inequality

Wealth inequality has become a highly divisive issue.

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

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

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.…

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.

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…

‘Crucial’ that countries build social safety nets to mitigate impact on workers, says Kristalina Georgieva

The International Monetary Fund said nations need to be prepared to harness AI but also lessen its impact on inequality.

Economists predict weakened global economic conditions while technology will help promote differences across regions.

As global leaders convene at Davos, calls grow for governments to take action against rising inequality, focusing on curbing the power of billionaires.

Oxfam predicts first trillionaire within a decade, with gap between rich and poor likely to increase