Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:53pm on 10 Dec 2023,Sunday International
The UK's growing rich-poor divide risks becoming a "chasm", warned a think tank report, arguing the disadvantaged saw no improvement in 15 years. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) highlighted stagnant wages, housing issues, crime, and mental health crises, saying the gap widened amid the pandemic. It warned of slipping back to Victorian-era inequality with "systemic problems facing the bottom" getting entrenched. "For too many Britain is broken and the gap between the haves and have-nots is in danger of becoming a chasm," the report adds. Lockdowns worsened matters, it added, flagging surging youth mental illness and work benefits claimants. Ministers cited cost of living support but the report dubbed Britain "broken" over the dangers of an unbridgeable gulf between haves and have-nots.
