CASE STUDY: porquê os esforços do estado social britânico para diminuir as desigualdades em Inglaterra as aumentam?

«Parents of public school-educated sons can expect their children to be paid eight per cent more by their mid-20s than boys educated at state schools;
At school poor British white boys are well below the national average by the time they are seven, deteriorating further after they are 11.
Women are paid 21 per cent less than the national average, despite women into their 40s having better qualifications than men;
Britain has one of the most unequal societies in the world, with income inequality ahead of Ireland, Japan, Spain, Canada, Germany and France. Inequality is worse in England than Wales and Scotland;
A typical professional on the verge of retiring is worth nearly £1 million compared with just £59,000 for someone who is long-term unemployed.
Poverty rates are among the worst in Europe, with only Italy, Spain and Greece faring worse.
Average and below average White British children are less likely than those from minority ethnic groups to go on to higher education.
More than half of children educated at private schools, and more than 40 per cent of those with professional parents, go to the top Russell group of universities.
Two-thirds of those with professional parents receive firsts or upper seconds, but only half of those with unskilled parents.»

[Extractos do relatório do National Equality Panel, publicados pelo Telegraph]