Divides
This city is known for being wildly different in terms of economy and culture compared to the rest of the country.
What is the City of London?
When speaking of inequality in the UK, this aspect is the most severe and discussed.
What is economic inequality?
In contrast to the traditional social classes of the Lower (Working) class, Middle class and the Upper class, the UK has this number of classes.
What is the number 7?
This infamous term describes the economic divide between two regions in the United Kingdom.
What is the North-South divide?
This estimated amount of jobs pay less than the living wage.
What is one in five jobs?
This social group contains more older members than other classes. They are characterized by being poor on all three forms of capital, and are the next poorest group.
What is the traditional working class?
This group of people were responsible for implementing a physical wall between the North and the South.
Who are the Romans?
What are women?
This social class is the most deprived class and characterized by their low levels of economic, cultural and social capital.
Who are the precariats?
Some argue that the North-South divide is a myth and a distraction, and thus argue that the true problem lies in another aspect of the economy.
What is inequality in the whole country?
This area has a higher living wage than the rest of the UK at £8.80 compared to the standard of £7.65
What is the City of London?
This social class is the most prestigious and wealthy.
Who are the Elite?
Rather than it being a North-South divide, some argue that the true geographical disparity lies between these two terms.
What are Big Cities vs the Rest?
This system and institution is one of the primary reasons behind unequal standards.
What is the educational system?
These are all the social classes.
What is
The precariat
The traditional working class
The emergent service workers
The technical middle class
The new affluent workers
The established middle class
The elite