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one Introduction 1
Ruth Lupton, Kitty Stewart, Tania Burchardt, John Hills
and Polly Vizard
Part One
two Benefits, pensions, tax credits and direct taxes 11
John Hills, Paola De Agostini and Holly Sutherland
three Young children 35
Kitty Stewart and Polina Obolenskaya
four Schools 59
Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson and Polina Obolenskaya
five Further and higher education and skills 81
Ruth Lupton, Lorna Unwin and Stephanie Thomson
six Employment policy since the crisis 103
Abigail McKnight
seven Housing 125
Rebecca Tunstall
eight Health 147
Polly Vizard, Polina Obolenskaya and Emily Jones
nine Adult social care 187
Tania Burchardt, Polina Obolenskaya and Polly Vizard
Part Two
ten Public and private welfare 217
Tania Burchardt and Polina Obolenskaya
eleven Socioeconomic inequalities 245
John Hills and Kitty Stewart
twelve The changing structure of UK inequality since the crisis 267
John Hills, Jack Cunliffe and Polina Obolenskaya
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Part Three
fourteen Summary and conclusion 319
John Hills, Ruth Lupton, Tania Burchardt, Kitty Stewart
and Polly Vizard
References 343
Index 385
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List of tables, figures and boxes
Tables
2.1 State minimum income levels as a percentage of poverty 23
thresholds 1997/98 to 2013/14, by family type
2A1 Benefit and tax credit spending, 1996/97 to 2014/15, 32
Great Britain
3.1 Percentage of babies born weighing less than 2500g, by 53
combined occupational class, 2005-13, England and Wales
(all live births)
4.1 Percentage of primary pupils (in one teacher classes) in 71
a class of 31 or more, English regions
4.2 Performance against key attainment measures by FSM status, 76
2002-14, England
5.1 Trends in the number of applicants to UK universities 99
(by March deadline), by country of domicile, 2010-15
5.2 Application rates (%) for English 18-year-olds (by March 99
deadline) by FSM status, England
8.1 Public expenditure on health: historical trends and by 156
political administration (UK, unless otherwise stated)
8.2 Percentage of adults and children consuming five or more 170
portions of fruit and vegetables a day, 2001-13, England
8.3 GHQ-12 score of 4 or more by age group, England 172
9.1 Expenditure by councils with adult social services 192
responsibilities by accounting category, 2007/08 to
2014/15, England (£ billion, in 2014/15 prices)
9.2 Percentage changes in the number of community service 200
users, by client type, in Labour and coalition periods
9.3 Summary of Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework 203
(ASCOF) measures, by year, England
9.4 Abuse of vulnerable adults, 2010/11 to 2013/14, England 207
10.1 Total (public and private) spending on welfare by policy area, 227
1979/80 to 2013/14, England (£ billion in real terms, GDP
deflated and as a percentage of total spending)
10.2 Welfare activity by category and policy area, 1979/80 to 239
2013/14, England (£ billion in 2014/15 prices, GDP deflated)
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11.1 Percentage changes in hourly wages for all employees, and 248
for men and women, 2006-08 to 2013, UK (2013 prices,
CPI-adjusted)
11.2 Benefits in cash and kind as a percentage of disposable 258
income, 2007/08, 2010/11 and 2013/14
11.3 Percentage and absolute changes in wealth, 2006-08 to 262
2010-12 by percentile and wealth levels in 2010-12
12.1 Absolute changes in median non-pension household wealth, 278
2006-08 to 2010-12, and wealth levels in 2010-12, by
age group (£000s, nominal terms)
12.2 Weekly net incomes by region in 2012/13 (£/week, 283
adjusted for household size) and income inequalities
by region (90:10 ratios)
13.1 Income inequalities (9010 ratios) in 2007/08 and 2012/13 298
(£/week, adjusted for household size), London and the
North of England
13.2 Gaps in GCSE attainment between the most and least 307
deprived deciles of IDACI, 2007-13
14.1 Progress against different sets of indicators 336
14.2 Coalition government social mobility indicators 338
Figures
2.1 Social security benefits and tax credits as a percentage 19
of GDP, 1996/97 and 2006/07 to 2014/15, Great Britain
2.2 Real change in spending on social security and tax credits 20
since 1996/97, Great Britain (£ billion at 2014/15 prices)
2.3 Real and relative values of average state pension and 22
unemployment benefit awards, 1983/84 to 2014/15
(£/week, 2013/14 prices and % of GDP per adult)
2.4 Net percentage change in household disposable income by 25
income group due to policy changes, 2008/09 to 2010/11
(compared to price-indexed and earnings-indexed systems)
2.5 Percentage change in household disposable income by 26
income group due to policy changes 2010/11 to 2015/16
(compared to base policies uprated using CPI)
2.6 Net percentage change in household disposable income 28
by income group due to policy changes, 2010 to 2020/21
(compared to 2010 policies uprated by prices and by earnings)
3.1 Spending on Sure Start, early education and childcare 42
in England, 1997/98 to 2013/14 (£ million, 2014-15 prices)
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List of tables, figures and boxes
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List of tables, figures and boxes
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List of tables, figures and boxes
Boxes
2.1 Benefits, pensions, tax credits and direct taxes policy timeline 16
3.1 Young children policy timeline 40
4.1 Schools policy timeline 66
5.1 Further and Higher Education and Skills policy timeline 90
6.1 Employment policy timeline 107
7.1 Housing policy timeline 135
8.1 The coalition’s healthcare reform programme 153
9.1 Adult Social Care policy timeline 191
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List of acronyms
5A*-C EM5A*-C grades at GCSE, including English and
maths
ACRA The Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation
ADL activity of daily living
AEI Average Earnings Index
AHC after housing costs
ALMP active labour market policies
ASB Adult Skills Budget
BERR Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
BHC before housing costs
BIS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
BRES Business Register and Employment Survey
BSF Building Schools for the Future
CASE Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
CCG clinical commissioning group
CPI consumer prices index
CQC Care Quality Commission
CSA Child Support Agency
DCLG Department for Communities and Local
Government
DCSF Department for Children, Schools and Families
DDA Disability Discrimination Act
DEL departmental expenditure limit
DfE Department for Education
DfES Department for Education and Skills
DFLE Disability free life expectancy
DH Department of Health
DHP Discretionary Housing Payment
DIUS Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
DWP Department for Work and Pensions
E-Bacc English Baccalaureate
ELSA English Longitudinal Survey of Ageing
EMA Educational Maintenance Allowance
ESA Employment and Support Allowance
EU European Union
EUROMOD tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European
Union
FE further education
FSM free school meals
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List of acronyms
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Notes on editors and contributors
Editors
Ruth Lupton is a professor of education at the University of Manchester.
She was previously principal research fellow and deputy director at
the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School
of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where she is now visiting
professor.
Contributors
Jack Cunliffe obtained his doctorate at LSE and is a lecturer in
quantitative methods and criminology at the University of Kent.
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Emily Jones is a graduate of LSE and joined CASE as part of the LSE
Graduate Internship Scheme.
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Acknowledgements
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