John Hills is Director of CASE and Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He was Co-Director of the LSE's Welfare State Programme, and has worked as an economist and advisor in governental and non-governmental institutions in the UK and internationally.

• 1. Introduction ; PART 1: INCOME INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN BRITAIN ; 2. Income inequality in the UK: extent and trends ; 3. Poverty, deprivation, and exclusion ; 4. Why has the income distribution changed? ; 5. Income dynamics and social mobility ; PART 2: THE IMPACT OF POLICY ; 6. Social spending and the boundaries between public and private sectors ; 7. Tax and welfare ; 8. Distribution and redistribution ; PART 3: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? ; 9. New Labour, welfare, and distribution ; 10. Constraints and pressures ; 11. Conclusions: The spending pit or the tax pendulum?

John Hills is Director of CASE and Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He was Co-Director of the LSE's Welfare State Programme, and has worked as an economist and advisor in governental and non-governmental institutions in the UK and internationally.

• 1. Introduction ; PART 1: INCOME INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN BRITAIN ; 2. Income inequality in the UK: extent and trends ; 3. Poverty, deprivation, and exclusion ; 4. Why has the income distribution changed? ; 5. Income dynamics and social mobility ; PART 2: THE IMPACT OF POLICY ; 6. Social spending and the boundaries between public and private sectors ; 7. Tax and welfare ; 8. Distribution and redistribution ; PART 3: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? ; 9. New Labour, welfare, and distribution ; 10. Constraints and pressures ; 11. Conclusions: The spending pit or the tax pendulum?

John Hills is Director of CASE and Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He was Co-Director of the LSE's Welfare State Programme, and has worked as an economist and advisor in governental and non-governmental institutions in the UK and internationally.

• 1. Introduction ; PART 1: INCOME INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN BRITAIN ; 2. Income inequality in the UK: extent and trends ; 3. Poverty, deprivation, and exclusion ; 4. Why has the income distribution changed? ; 5. Income dynamics and social mobility ; PART 2: THE IMPACT OF POLICY ; 6. Social spending and the boundaries between public and private sectors ; 7. Tax and welfare ; 8. Distribution and redistribution ; PART 3: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? ; 9. New Labour, welfare, and distribution ; 10. Constraints and pressures ; 11. Conclusions: The spending pit or the tax pendulum?