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7 December 2011

Why Labour is right to focus on fairness

The question of how to distribute scarce resources will soon define politics.

By George Eaton

Courtesy of Ed Balls, the IFS graph below made an appearance at PMQs today. As Ed Miliband pointed out, it shows that the poorest third will lose three times as much as the richest third next year.

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