Rich and Poor Gap Widens

In a recent Economist Article, "For he that hath" it was discovered that a study commission by Harriet Harman, the eqalities minister, division between rich in poor have grwon over the last decade. Infact a lot of rich nations have had a recent increase in the rich in poor divide including the US, Portugal and Italy. Despite the UK's Welfare states attempt at allowing social mobility, it has been shown taht children in poor households are outperformed by there wealthy counterparts by age 3. Fortunatley in Britain it does not seem that minority lines are particularly affected by this rich poor divide. Not surprisingly equality is one of the main campaign slogans for Gordon Browns upcoming election, although the polls shown he isn't doing well.