Britain was once the leading economy in Europe; it is now the most unequal. In his new book Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of a Failing State...

Why have mortality rates risen unexpectedly in England and Wales? That should be the question preoccupying the British public. Instead, in a country distracted by leaving the EU, politicians can get...

Boffins are suddenly in fashion again ... ‘waving their statistics and strategies like prayer flags. Help us, experts! We are sorry!!’

Up to the minute results in the 2017 General Election from BBC News

Just look at Germany: no university tuition fees, no fat-cat pay scandals. The UK system is indefensible

The Census Bill provides for voluntary questions on sexual orientation and gender identity to be asked in the England and Wales and Northern Ireland censuses

When it comes to average household incomes, the UK may soon need to ask migrant labourers to take a pay cut

This post is a little off-topic, as the exercise I am about to illustrate is not one that most corpus linguists will have to engage in. However, I think it is a good example of why a mathematical a…

Gap in life expectancy between poorest and most advantaged females reaches record high, prompting concerns worst off in society being 'left behind'

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The party is haemorrhaging remain voters, says pollster Peter Kellner

Visualise UK Parliament petitions on a UK constituency hex map.

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation

Letters: Chris Grover says austerity policies are even more punishing than the workhouse, John Veit-Wilson on social security for everyone, Jack Czauderna on so many reports, Dr David Alderson on why...

Facing the sort of danger that could be prevented makes me a potential victim, and another unit to subtract from the already depleted NHS staff, writes Andrew Moscrop.

New analysis shows access to grammar schools is highly skewed by a child’s socioeconomic status.

From buying stuff to eating meat to wasting water, there is growing evidence that countries with a bigger gap between rich and poor do more harm to the planet and its climate, writes Danny Dorling

If the past is the best predictor of the future, it is not looking promising for Britain’s minority communities.

In appointing Young to the Office for Students, the Tories have shown – yet again – that expertise counts for nothing, and that cronyism rules the day, says Faiza Shaheen, director of the Centre of...

In his new book “Shattered Nation: Inequality and the Geography of a Failing State”, Danny Dorling paints a bleak picture of life for many UK citizens today. Standards of living are falling across …

With the nation still reeling from the shock of the recent Grenfell Tower fire in West London, in which so many of our most disadvantaged citizens died, Martin McKee reminds [...]More...

PDF | Influenced by corporate America with an alternative agenda, the ongoing welfare reforms have created preventable harm and psychological tyranny... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

In this provocative video, Oxford University's Danny Dorling argues that the richest 1% of the world are disproportionately impacting the environment.

Global growth was already slowing but not enough to save the Earth from disaster. Hopefully we will be shocked out of our complacency

The link between empire, inequality – and Brexit.

The Bristol Population Health Science Institute Stephen Frankel Lecture will be delivered by Professor Danny Dorling, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford.  The public health...

As a child I used to make sandcastles whenever I could get to a beach, which was usually just once a year in the summer. The beach was most often in Wales: Whitesands bay, on St David’s head. It is a...