Research Corner

The Sutton Trust report have investigated the difficulties that disadvantaged students can face when they attend private schools http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/5382926/Working-class-children-alienated-in-private-schools-says-The-Sutton-Trust.html The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) have produced a very detailed report examining income distribution and poverty in the UK http://www.ifs.org.uk/comms/c109.pdf This is the most comprehensive analysis of poverty and inequality that I have seen this year. While a report carried out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looked at attitudes to income distribution and benefits http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jun/22/benefits-income-poverty-fabian-rowntree