Wage disparity between the UK’s top earners and the rest of the working population will soon return to the levels of the Victorian era unless action is taken to curb executive pay, a new report by the high pay commission claims.
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Highlighting potentially fatal rare disease – HPP
Norwich mum tells of heartbreak at toddler’s rare condition
Kate Scotter Monday, May 16, 2011
6:30 AM
A Norwich mum has spoken of her heartache after discovering her son had a potentially fatal rare syndrome – and that she carried its genes.
Two-year-old Preston Quinton looks like a happy little toddler with his curly brown hair and toothless smile. But he has already had to undergo two major head operations and doctors currently do not know if he will be able to run, walk or jump later in life.
Pay gap widening to Victorian levels
Pay gap widening to Victorian levels
High pay commission forecasts top earners’ slice of national income will rise from current 5% to 14% by 2030
Victorian poverty. Is the pay gap taking us back there? Photograph: Stapleton Collection/CORBIS
Carers save the country £119bn a year
Carers save the country £119bn a year
UK’s 6 million carers make ‘massive contribution’ to society but are struggling as services and benefits are cut
Sherry Pugh and Terry Nichols and their sons. William has cerebral palsy and needs round the clock care. They work alternate shifts, so someone is always there for William.
Carers who look after relatives or friends are saving the nation £119bn a year, or almost as much as the entire cost of the NHS, according to the latest calculation by researchers.
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